Just a quick as per above, if after getting a final warning for sickness for 12 months, if after this period of a year you are not sick again does it "wipe the slate clean" or does it going back to a written warning? Im guessing different places have slightly different rules but is there a guide line?
Quick question about UK Disciplinary Procedure
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OK, but is it common practice that after the alloted time for a displinary procedure to end ie 12 months, is it normal to go back to the previous stage? For example after a final written after 12 months it goes back to a written then after another 6 months it goes to a verbal?
it depends on your employers policy , I work for the MoJ and if they think u have had too much sick they can do u under regular and effective service and look back 4 years
Yeah thats what im asking what happens after the 12 months does it go back to the last level on the displinary scale or is it just wiped?
each one gets wiped after 12 months. Any warning can only be active for 12 months. I suppose if you keep doing the same thing all the time your company will probably find a way to sack you. It doesnt matter what your company's policy is, as long as they stay within the governments employment laws.
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I worked at the Creda/Hotpoint/Indesit factory for 27 years and many workers knew exactly how to use the system.
1 day absence was treated exactly the same as 1 year absence and I knew people who had a total of nearly 4 years off in 6 years by using their 4 chances before being sacked, they would come back for 6 months and the slate would be wiped clean.
I always felt sorry for one mate because he had 5 seperate days off over 2 years and he got sacked.
I was a Union Rep for years and I always remember coming out of the meeting that outlined the new absence rules and fellow Union Reps were rubbing their hands saying how they now knew how much time they could have off.
One of those Reps is now a top Stoke Counsellor.
Just for the record I've never had a days absence since 1988.
1 day absence was treated exactly the same as 1 year absence and I knew people who had a total of nearly 4 years off in 6 years by using their 4 chances before being sacked, they would come back for 6 months and the slate would be wiped clean.
I always felt sorry for one mate because he had 5 seperate days off over 2 years and he got sacked.
I was a Union Rep for years and I always remember coming out of the meeting that outlined the new absence rules and fellow Union Reps were rubbing their hands saying how they now knew how much time they could have off.
One of those Reps is now a top Stoke Counsellor.
Just for the record I've never had a days absence since 1988.
In regard to absence policies, absences and warnings given can be considered in future disciplinary action up to 2 years after it was issued.
It all depends on your contractual obligations.