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Dd been sacked for isolating

228 replies

ShittingHell · 23/01/2021 15:46

My 16yr old has a part time job. Me and her dad had tests earlier this week. Unfortunately she was supposed to work so had to call in and say she couldn't.
Today she gets a text saying she's let them down! She's replied and said she can prove the tests were genuine and she had to isolate by law but they've not replied. This isn't bloody right is it?

OP posts:
iolaus · 23/01/2021 18:09

[quote Arrierttyclock]@coconuttyhead this is our argument in work- I work for the NHS and their policy is- come in even if take one fro your household has symptoms/ awaiting results. Only isolate if the result comes back positive. Just to reiterate, this is the NHS! They make up their own rules! [/quote]
Not in the trust I work in

10001namechanges · 23/01/2021 18:10

@Sally872

She is 16!!! Explain to your child "let down" does not mean sacked. Ffs.
^ Wait and see what he says when he phones her.
PugInTheHouse · 23/01/2021 18:13

Not in our trust either!

PugInTheHouse · 23/01/2021 18:13

Oops that meant to quote the post re NHS say they don't need to isolate unless positive test in household

BruthasTortoise · 23/01/2021 18:15

If they have sacked her then report them to environmental health, inland revenue and I would ring 101 for advice regarding the legality of employers sacking their staff for following legal guidance in the middle of a pandemic. And I'm not joking about any of this - we are too far into this for business owners not be taking their obligations seriously when so many people have died and so many other businesses have collapsed.

Couchbettato · 23/01/2021 18:27

Um, no. Don't call the police. What a silly idea.

Ring ACAS.

ScrumptiousBears · 23/01/2021 18:30

@Couchbettato

Um, no. Don't call the police. What a silly idea.

Ring ACAS.

No ones been sacked yet FGS
BruthasTortoise · 23/01/2021 18:31

Just checked there and it is a criminal offence for an employer to compel an employee to break isolation. Im just not sure if that applies in the exact scenario the OP applies so I don't think it's 'silly to check. This isn't an just employee relations issue, its a public health issue in the middle of a pandemic.

PanamaPattie · 23/01/2021 18:33

Drama Llama.

IndiaMay · 23/01/2021 18:35

The amount of people who STILL dont know the rules! So by your reckoning the OPs DD should pop into her part time job at a takeaway, touching pizzas, drinks and food, coming into contact with people picking stuff up and delivering stuff, contact with everyone who works there all the while knowing the people she lives with, shares a bathroom and a kitchen with etc. have symptoms of covid? Are you thick?

axile234 · 23/01/2021 18:38

Did she sign a contract with them when she started . Most things are explained there . Her rights. There rights / wrongs . No contract = 2 second's notice

Iliketeaagain · 23/01/2021 18:41

[quote Arrierttyclock]@coconuttyhead this is our argument in work- I work for the NHS and their policy is- come in even if take one fro your household has symptoms/ awaiting results. Only isolate if the result comes back positive. Just to reiterate, this is the NHS! They make up their own rules! [/quote]
This is not the case in the nhs trust I work in - isolate if anyone in the household has symptoms, ideally do something productive from home if you are able to and then if household member is negative, you can come back to work. We are having to record all covid related absence and it doesn't count for sickness reporting, it's recorded under covid. Doesn't matter if you are patient facing or not.

If the nhs trust you work for is expecting people in while they are waiting for a household member's test results, if they are symptomatic, they are going against all the guidelines.

MyDcAreMarvel · 23/01/2021 18:41

@Bookriddle I thought you only have to isolate if the test come back positive, but you dont say you didn’t realise you have to isolate if a family member has symptoms! How can you not know that.

unfortunateevents · 23/01/2021 18:43

So she's not been sacked then. And all these people telling you to report them to Environmental Health - seriously?! The owners of the takeaway speak English as a second language, they message her to say she had let them down (this is today, so after her supposed shift), there is no mention of sacking or suggestion that they were pressurising her to come in to work - what a load of fuss.

BruthasTortoise · 23/01/2021 18:44

If anyone is looking for evidence as to why we are still, as a nation, in such bad shape 10 months later this thread could be used as exhibit #1.

Poppyseeds2 · 23/01/2021 18:45

How long has your DD worked there for?

As she’s getting paid cash in hand I would advise her to stay for the time being but look for a job that she has a contract because when things go wrong or issues crop up you don’t have a leg to stand on OP.

toocold54 · 23/01/2021 18:47

So she’s not actually been sacked?
Why start a thread saying she has when she hasn’t. She has let them down because she can’t come into work that’s what it means and if English isn’t your first language you’re not to know the tone of that can mean disappointment.
In no way does it mean she’s sacked!

Darbs76 · 23/01/2021 18:51

People are clearly confused. The only time someone doesn’t need to isolate in a household is if a householder member has been asked to isolate. Then it’s ONlY if the person gets symptoms that the whole house isolate. But if anyone in the house has any of the symptoms of Covid the whole house has to isolate. Come on is it really that hard. Shocking so many don’t know this.

SoupDragon · 23/01/2021 18:53

TBH, it's a part time cash-in-hand job for a 16 year old. I'd let it go and use it as a learning point about how some employers aren't great and that contracts are important. Assuming she has been sacked, which is as yet unclear.

SoulofanAggron · 23/01/2021 18:55

This is bad Sad . Sorry to hear that. I really hope it's a misunderstanding and she hasn't been sacked for doing the right thing and following the rules. It does sound like they are 'punishing' her though by making her wait to hear the 'verdict.'

LolaSmiles · 23/01/2021 18:55

So the employers has less than half a day notice that she wasn't coming in. Given you were unwell the night before, had a temperature during the night and booked a test as soon as you woke up then late morning is leaving it late to tell work. I can see why it's letting them down to have such short notice.

Aside from your situation, it's worrying how many people seem to think that you go around as usual until you get a positive test. The government has screwed many things up, but the rules on isolating have been fairly consistent. No wonder we have sky high cases.

Weedsnseeds1 · 23/01/2021 18:57

It's test and trace where household members don't have to isolate if a family member was contacted, but doesn't have symptoms. The person contacted isolates but the others don't.
If someone has symptoms, everyone isolates until negative test result is received.

Lynseylou1 · 23/01/2021 18:59

i had a test last sunday after having no taste or smell and ny husbands work had him in on the Monday but gave him one of the rapid tests which was negative. I got my positive results on the Monday afternoon and rang him straight away and they said he could carry on coming in but having the rapid tests each day! needless to say he said no as it was not fair on his work colleagues when he was living with someone with covid.

CrocodilesCry · 23/01/2021 19:06

Ring the police about this? Jesus fucking christ what is wrong with you?

yawnsvillex · 23/01/2021 19:09

Ring the police?

What the fuck is wrong with people!?!!

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