Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Manager if I'd like my sickness logged as annual leave

58 replies

Chariots77 · 03/01/2025 16:40

Been ill right over Christmas with flu. Our office reopened yesterday, but I wasn't well enough still. Messaged my manager, no problem. I returned to work today, and I'm a bit confused as he asked if I wanted to.use leave to cover my day off yesterday? I was a bit taken aback, so said I'd get back to him. Is this normal? To be honest I thought I'd be entitled to my annual leave back over Christmas when sick. Not having to use holidays when I'm actually sick 😳

I've no excessive absences. Other than this illness I think i had 2 days off 1-2 years ago with a stomach bug, and that's it.

OP posts:
Flipper1234 · 03/01/2025 16:43

You need to check your work’s sickness absence policy and your contract of employment. You may or may not be entitled to company sick pay. Are you in UK? If so and you aren’t entitled to company sick pay, then SSP doesn’t kick in straight away, so your manager may be giving you the option of taking holiday to avoid you getting no pay for yesterday.

modgepodge · 03/01/2025 16:43

Is there a maximum days of full pay (maybe none?!) you can have? If so presumably any days taken would be unpaid, whereas annual leave would be. Perhaps he was trying to help you?

Assuming you normally get full pay for sickness absences and haven’t hit the maximum number of these though yes that’s weird and it’s better for it to be sickness not leave.

catkatcatkat · 03/01/2025 16:43

Do you get full pay when off sick or just SSP?

If you get full pay and have sick pay entitlement then say no to this.

Employers cannot force employees to take annual leave when they’re eligible for sick leave. Source: www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave

DustyLee123 · 03/01/2025 16:42

When did you ring in sick?

SatansBobbleheadedDashboardOrnament · 03/01/2025 16:42

Errrr, no. You were sick. It sounds well dodgy and almost seems like he's trying to 'test' you by your response.

waitingforrugbytofinish · 03/01/2025 16:42

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

Nina1013 · 03/01/2025 16:42

If you don’t get full sick pay, it’s often something that employees request to do rather than have lower pay (SSP).

waitingforrugbytofinish · 03/01/2025 16:42

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.