Only 3 paid sick days a year. Legal or am I being shafted?!
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Hi All. Hopefully there is someone who knows more than me about employment law here!
Currently at home and have been since Tuesday afternoon. Absolutely riddled with flu, for the second time now this year, not quite sure whats wrong with me..?!
Anyway I tried to work through it but had to call it quits and go home after losing my rag with one of my students (I'm a teacher) quite uncharacteristically. Still feel rubbish now and should prob stay at home tomorrow too.
The issue is that as far as I am aware my employers will only pay me full pay for 3 sick days a year. Any over 3 and I won't get paid for any of them. As of today I am now on about 5 1/2 for the year. Have spoken to a few people about that and they say it sounds dodgy and possibly illegal. Could this be?
I'm a teacher and I teach adults at a private college. I get paid by the hour so am not salaried. My hours vary slightly but they are consistantly 35+ per week anually. I signed some kind of vauge contract when I joined 18 months ago but don't really have anything written down.
Now, I love my job and I like working where I do but are they taking the biscuit?!
Cheers
Currently at home and have been since Tuesday afternoon. Absolutely riddled with flu, for the second time now this year, not quite sure whats wrong with me..?!
Anyway I tried to work through it but had to call it quits and go home after losing my rag with one of my students (I'm a teacher) quite uncharacteristically. Still feel rubbish now and should prob stay at home tomorrow too.
The issue is that as far as I am aware my employers will only pay me full pay for 3 sick days a year. Any over 3 and I won't get paid for any of them. As of today I am now on about 5 1/2 for the year. Have spoken to a few people about that and they say it sounds dodgy and possibly illegal. Could this be?
I'm a teacher and I teach adults at a private college. I get paid by the hour so am not salaried. My hours vary slightly but they are consistantly 35+ per week anually. I signed some kind of vauge contract when I joined 18 months ago but don't really have anything written down.
Now, I love my job and I like working where I do but are they taking the biscuit?!
Cheers
In my line of work, whether you get sick pay depends on your status.
Staff, like me get up to 1/2 a year at full pay and 1/2 a year at half pay.
Shop floor get FECK all, except statutory.
Engineering Contractors get Feck all. Most are self employed too, but are paid double the equivilant Engineers pay.
Staff, like me get up to 1/2 a year at full pay and 1/2 a year at half pay.
Shop floor get FECK all, except statutory.
Engineering Contractors get Feck all. Most are self employed too, but are paid double the equivilant Engineers pay.
Balls.
Looks like I'm going to have to teach 9 hours tomorrow feeling like sihte.
I'm sure normal teachers who work in normal schools get great deals but unfortunatley/fortunately I'm not one of them.
Also never used to get the flu but I must have had it 4 times in the last 2 years and I'm only 26. What's wrong with me?!!
Looks like I'm going to have to teach 9 hours tomorrow feeling like sihte.
I'm sure normal teachers who work in normal schools get great deals but unfortunatley/fortunately I'm not one of them.
Also never used to get the flu but I must have had it 4 times in the last 2 years and I'm only 26. What's wrong with me?!!
20 days before SSP kicks in where I am
And one of my guys was off for 3 months with some sort of heart issue 3 years back (he's only been with the firm 6 weeks) and he got the whole lot at full whack, SSP wasn't even mentioned. He also passed his 6 month probation without an extention considering he's missed 1/2 of it
Having said that we work our backsides off so expect the firm to "play" ball
Editied becuase I forgot to complete typing what was actually in my brain
And one of my guys was off for 3 months with some sort of heart issue 3 years back (he's only been with the firm 6 weeks) and he got the whole lot at full whack, SSP wasn't even mentioned. He also passed his 6 month probation without an extention considering he's missed 1/2 of it
Having said that we work our backsides off so expect the firm to "play" ball
Editied becuase I forgot to complete typing what was actually in my brain
Edited by michaeljclark on Thursday 6th November 16:12
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