I started work in September when 4 yr old DD started school. She is off school currently with a D&V bug, her third since September. She is not the type to bounce back quickly, and is usually symptomatic for a full week. The school have the usual policy of only allowing children to return once they have had 48 hrs symptom free. I have a relatively small holiday allowance of 22 days per year, DH has 25 days. I have already used 11 days in order to look after DD, and it's only November. DH is running out of holiday, there are no local friends or relatives who could step in. What on earth do people do in this situation? I can 'buy' 2 days holiday between now and next September (should I actually pass my probation which is now not looking certain.) This week I worked on Sunday to cover my Monday shift in order to be at home with DD on Monday but that's not repeatable. We were hoping to be able to save enough leave to have a few days off together for a holiday sometime this year but I can't see how we can pull that off. That seems like a distant secondary problem compared to struggling to cover child illness and teacher training days. Argh! Any advice, anyone?
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IrritableBitchSyndrome · 14/11/2017 14:12
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