Hi everyone, just wondering if there is anyone working in medicine/HR fields who could answer a few questions on fit notes for me.
I was due to return to work from maternity leave a couple of months ago, but my employer has refused to let me change my hours from full time to 3 days per week tofit in with my childcare. The union is trying to sort this out for me and I am currently signed off with work related stress.
My GP has offered to give me a fit note instead of a sick note, which would state I am fit to work on reduced hours but only 3 days per week. I would prefer this to being signed off completely as the longer it goes on the harder it will be to go back but I have a few queries.
-Does my employer have to abide by this?
-How long can the recommendation last for? What worries me most is that if it can only last for, say, 3 months and the situation is not resolved by then I would be forced to work full time as that would still technically be my contract.
-Presumably I would be paid for the hours I actually do rather than my contracted full time hours? That would seem logical to me.
-How does this affect my sick record? Would I not count as being sick at all or would I be seen as sick 2 days out of every week? In my company lots of periods of absence are seen as worse than one long period.
I work for a huge, household name company if that makes any difference.
Thanks for reading.
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Please could someone advise me on fit notes
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fingertoes · 12/01/2011 13:02
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