gtitim
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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I got action planned for having 3 periods of sickness within a year. One was an injury and two were illness. My action plan - dreamt up by HR - not to be sick for 3 months! What a waste of time. I was off as I wasnt well, not because I felt like it - thats what lieu days are for.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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i always think that ANYONE on the sick is a faker and needs to man up, I heard some amazing excuses in the call centre
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micra_pete
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
Location: West Yorkshire
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Originally posted by daymoon
You are paid to be at work, not off sick.. good on the employer...
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
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quote:
Originally posted by micra_pete
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Originally posted by daymoon
You are paid to be at work, not off sick.. good on the employer...
I don't expect to get payed when I'm off sick. but what I don't agree with is a disaplinary after taking 3 separate days off sick!
[Edited on 25-11-2011 by Scotty C]
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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Originally posted by john-d
your planning sick days? this is whats wrong with the country. Hope you get caught and sacked then ste gets your job
happens everywhere john.
speaking to a bloke in work who said he's going to have next week off work as he hasn't had any sick days this year, even told the supervisor of his intentions. he's done 25 years service and done the same every single year.
mind you, if they want to pay for people being off sick, it's their problem.
we have plenty of people to cover so it doesn't affect anyone.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by john-d
i always think that ANYONE on the sick is a faker and needs to man up, I heard some amazing excuses in the call centre
had to have 2 weeks off after one of my balls swelled up to the size of a tennis ball couldn't walk or move anywhere incase it twisted.
also have had a month off because i had glandular fever and wasn't allowed to go to work incase i spread it.
not everyone goes off sick because of a cold.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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When I did my apprenticship one of the workers would plan to have 2 weeks off sick every year as part of his holiday entitlement.
Guy where I work now is obese, bordering on grotesque actually. The guy is huge. He comes in on crutches, limping down the office, goes home with headaches etc. He has had so many back to work interviews which resulted in a disciplinary, so the same procedure as the original post.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Lol ben i know of people that get people to ring in and say family are seriously ill
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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my brother almost died from meningitis, am i supposed to come into work and handle/be in control of heavy machinery when i can't think straight?
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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No... But they pre arrange this and nobody is ill
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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some do, but making a sweeping statement saying that ANYONE on the sick is a faker is incorrect.
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Phillips_91
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in 6 years of work i've never had a day off for being sick, just man up.
the only time i had off was when i got traped in machinery and the hospital wouldnt let me go back to work, even then i was only off 3 days.
still had to do the back to work interview though as it was in food production so they had to make sure i was healthy enough to be near the food
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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They had this at my last job, but i didn't experience it as i wasn't off sick once in 5yrs.
I never get sick.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
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We get full paid if we have a serious illness/operation for the length of it.
Random days you get 7 in a rolling year before they start looking at you.
And to sick people being a faker, I HATE having time off as means more work when I'm back in, i only stay home if i physically cannot get in, or if i have something serious that's contagious due to the environmental building controls it has the potential to spread throughout the whole building.
[Edited on 25-11-2011 by Fro]
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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Being a postie, obviously the 4 weeks before Christmas are horrible. There's a guy there who goes ill at the end of every November for 4 weeks with "dodgy back" or "heart problems"
The same guy managed to get through last Christmas, then in January went off for 6 weeks with "Vertigo" said he was getting dizzy crossing the road etc....so got paid 6 weeks pay for sitting on his arse in his 4th floor flat.
We get 6 months pay for illness which is good for those on 40 hour contract. I'm only on 25 so HAVE to work even when ill to get overtime to get myself a decent wage
The staff there are a joke all say you're entitled to sick pay so should make the most of it, our bit of Derby has 3 people who've been off for at least 6 months with foot pain
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JaffaTB
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
quote:
Originally posted by john-d
your planning sick days? this is whats wrong with the country. Hope you get caught and sacked then ste gets your job
+1
theres people who have had more time off that me, we didn't even used to get paid for sick days til the start of the year, i didnt know til the day we came back after the new year break, so i had the following day off on sick
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Rick Draper
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
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We have them after long periods of illness or 2 or 3 (I cannot remember which) periods of sickness within a 6 month timescale. It's bollocks in my line of work as you cannot work with certain things, blocked ears, coughs or colds etc.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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jaffa - its people like you why companys dont give sick pay, then when someone genuinly needs a sick absence they get shafted and no wages
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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work for a better company then.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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who? i get full sick pay
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