to think 3 sick days a year before disciplinary isn't good? how many sick days are you allowed? do you generally take?

[sarahighseas]

Hi, this is about my employer who only pays 3 sick days a year and more that this and they reserve the right to have a disciplinary.

Does anyone else get this? How many sick days are yo allowed? He many do you take on average?

Thanks

3 separate instances (within 12 month rolling period) whether for a single day each occasion or for weeks at a time would be a trigger for action - this is not necessarily disciplinary more to find out the reasons etc and how could be avoided
I work for a small charity who are quite generous with sick leave 12 weeks full pay then 12 weeks half pay for me, however that is after 10 years of employment - new staff start on 2 weeks of each which builds up with length of service
Any time off which is disability related is ignored, as are any medical appointments during work time, which gives me a good absence record as I rarely am ill from non disability related issues
I am a manager and find it interesting how in general the higher up our organisational structure people are the less sick absence they have - also age seems to be a significant factor in this too

Well I have been self employed in a job where if I dont go in then the chances are patients wont be seen (very difficult to get last minute locums nowadays). As a result I have only had one episode of sickness in 12 years, funnily enough I manage to go in other times, and have been sicker than the majority of "urgent" patients I see (and I am not that ill). I think a lot of employees have absolutely no effect that sickness of any kind has and as a result really take the piss. I have had people wanting sick notes for a second week for what is essentially a cold. The mind boggles really. So I can quite understand why some employers do this, I think the NHS and police should actually, some employees in those areas completely take the piss,

I would name and shame but its not my decision to do

So cryptically think insurance and stuff like that and who you might perhaps meet up with for a night out

DH has no paid sicks days, but since he works around food he's not allowed to come in sick. A doctor's note is enough for it to not go on record. I'm not sure how many he gets before they write him up for it. They just have a rule to call a few hours before shift so they can ask someone to come in (and there's no shortage of workers wanting more hours).

3 episodes of sickness in a rolling 6 month period triggers a stage 1 review and a monitoring period. I don't think most employees get beyond that. Illness related to sa disability isn't included. The company is pretty supportive during an episode of long term absence. 3 months full pay I think. You don't get paid for the first day of sickness during first 8 months of employment which is your probationary period. Return to work interview after every absence which is more about checking you're ok than anything else.

I had 22 days off last year over two episodes as I had an operation. No days off sick over the last 12 months. Sickness in our team is rare.

Problem with ours is that illness related to a disability is included in the trigger and hasn't been thought through to account for those illnesses where a flare up might mean a mixture of good/reasonably OK and really bad days.

I'd be better off taking 4 months sick to cover the 10 bad days I couldn't work during a flare up than just taking the 10 days and managing to make it through the rest. The latter would end up with a capability hearing and a written warning. It's totally nuts.