Hi
Out of interest, could you please tell me what you are entitled to as a secondary teacher in terms of childcare days?
In my school we are entitled to three paid, on separate occasions. You cannot use any of them consecutively. Any others are unpaid.
I have already used two of mine this year. Once because I had no childcare for my youngest that day. The other because my eldest had chickenpox. My husband had to take the week off work for the rest of the pox, and he doesn’t get paid for any time off he has. So that was quite a hit. Now my youngest has pox! So another week or so to sort. If I use my last childcare day, that leaves us with nothing for the rest of the year. Yet I can have sick leave for myself for 5 days, on a number of occasions. It seems an unfair balance.
Doesn’t this lead us to lie and say we’re ill instead of our child? I’ve never done this and of course would never want to. But clearly with chickenpox it’s unavoidable for at least a week that your child needs care.
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mnahmnah · 09/12/2018 07:35
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