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Sick leave annual leave

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Sarah2025 · 03/01/2026 15:26

So I am back at work about 2 months after being in long term sick. I had booked one day a/l a few weeks ago but I got flu the day before my a/l and the day after. As I had so much a/l to take upon returning to work I asked my manager if I could take these sick days as a/l instead. I just got paid this month and I am down over £500. I'm so pissed off. She must have recorded it all as sick leave or 2 separate sick leaves. Is there anything I can do? I'm really going to struggle this month being down this much pay.

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DameOfThrones · 03/01/2026 16:01

I work for the public sector and sick leave has to be taken as sick leave.

Sarah2025 · 03/01/2026 15:55

Youcancallmeirrelevant · 03/01/2026 15:53

So 2 days went down as sick instead of annual leave and your pay is £500 down? Either you earn an insane amount or there is something else

It's because I was on long term sick leave and not long back in work. I definitely do not earn an insane amount lol.

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FuzzyWolf · 03/01/2026 15:54

Where I work it also wouldn’t be allowed to be taken as sick leave once you’d notified your manager you were too ill to attend work.

Youcancallmeirrelevant · 03/01/2026 15:53

So 2 days went down as sick instead of annual leave and your pay is £500 down? Either you earn an insane amount or there is something else

Spacecowboys · 03/01/2026 15:52

I work in the nhs and sick leave is not allowed to be taken as annual leave. You need to check the policies for your individual workplace/ company.

Blushingm · 03/01/2026 15:49

Purplewarrior · 03/01/2026 15:46

No, you can’t take annual leave once you’ve told your employer you are sick. It would potentially be fraudulent.

Why would it?

Sarah2025 · 03/01/2026 15:48

I don't know but I asked her and she agreed. I had no idea my pay would be down this much. It was with my permission and we were both struggling to find what a/l days I could use before next March.

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ByQuaintAzureWasp · 03/01/2026 15:48

Purplewarrior · 03/01/2026 15:46

No, you can’t take annual leave once you’ve told your employer you are sick. It would potentially be fraudulent.

That's incorrect

Purplewarrior · 03/01/2026 15:46

No, you can’t take annual leave once you’ve told your employer you are sick. It would potentially be fraudulent.

OfCourseIDidMyResearch · 03/01/2026 15:45

Sarah- What does your Attendance Management Policy say? Mine does not allow managers the latitude to put sickness down as A/L, it has happened but the manager would be subject to disciplinary action if they choose to go against policy.

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