Dependents leave

[Poetryinaction]

What is your school policy on this? I'm interested to know how ours compares. We get 2 days paid per year, the rest unpaid. We are moving to a MAT which offers no days paid.
I have 3 children and no family support, so that is less than one day per child. I would never aim to use it but sometimes it is unavoidable.

[Mammyloveswine]

Ring in sick...

[bluechameleon]

We also get 2 days paid

[Trying2310]

We get no days paid and with several children it's so difficult.

[Trying2310]

It is so difficult.

[Fuzzyspringroll]

We get 1 day on full pay and 9 more days on something like £50/day per year. That's for each child and parent.

[Lipperfromchipper]

5 days paid for family care leave and 5 days paid extra personal leave that we can use at any time for any reason (but no more than two in a row)

[Poetryinaction]

Wow, huge variety! I was a bit naive I think. We were let down a lot by a childminder earlier this year. Then got hit with chickenpox. I was surprised to see unpaid leave deducted from my pay so checked the policy. Now my husband has checked his, and he gets no days. He isn't a teacher.
I guess the only answer for us now is to call in sick. We have no one else, and can't afford to be off again.
I was thinking of approaching my school to see if the policy could be changed to discretionary, but there is probanly no point.

[user1471468296]

Are your current conditions not being TUPEd over?

[Poetryinaction]

Yes. But I think I have missed a deadline. I don't undertand the process. We asked for our policies to be made clear. I read them and shared my thoughts with staff. Everyone says it's too late to change anything. We merge next month.

[sakura06]

Your pay and conditions shouldn't be getting worse. You should talk to your Union.