AIBU to fight my case against my employers!!!!

[mum2taylor]

I am due to have a 2nd disiplinary hearing with my employers tomorrow due to my attendance record. I have been with my employers for 8 months and have had ten days off sick, four of which were due to my daughter being ill. Now I know six days off sick in 8 months is not ideal but I dont think it warrants two disciplinary hearings. I had my first hearing after four days sick and was told it would be on my record for three months, but I had two days off sick in the three month period and that is why I have another hearing tomorrow. Are they in the right here???

You could get legal advice on that, maybe? The exact wording may be important, or there may be something you could add before signing?

hi mum2taylor - sorry to hear of the outcome. Someone in a a previous post mentioned checking whether you got free legal advice with any of your insurance policies (sometimes you get it with credit cards too I think). Tis is worth investigating.

Don't do ANYTHING until you've sought legal advice and know the law is on your side.

Good luck. I really hope they've over stepped the mark and you can take them to the cleaners once you've been there long enough.

In the mean time you'll need a contingency for if your dd is ill. Awful situation for them to put you in.

Keep your chin up and find out your rights. CAB is a good suggestion too.

I would be tempted to track down someone with the vomiting bug, catch it and go into the office, spewing all over them.

The next time my daughter is ill I am tempted to take her in with me and land her on HR womans desk and tell her I'll be back at 5 ....thats the thing, when my daughters ill I want to be the one there to look after her...after all us girls all shouted for our mums when we were ill (well I did anyway!) . Thanks so much for all of the help and support Ive had from my fellow mn's on here...I couldnt have done it without you!!!

I worked for the NHS if we had 3 periods of absence in a 12 month period we were called to a meeting with managers. I was lucky in that I was very rarely off sick so it didnt affect me.

mummy2taylor have you had a look on the ACAS website here there is loads of information on there. If you cant find anything that helps you maybe try calling and talking to an advisor they will be able to help you here they will be able to tell you your rights

mumtotaylor - was thinking about your situation today. going forward, could you come to an arrangement with them where you could work the time back ? this mightn't be an option for you but it was just a thought as it's unrealistic to think your dd won't be ill again at some point ...

as i said, at our work we have to take it as holiday, take it unpaid or work the time back but inevitably they'd prefer me to work the time back, as there is always plenty of work to do and it still gets done - where it doesn't with either of the other two options.

i was in work today (sat) working time back that i owed due to my dd's illness and my dh was at home with her. i also work late sometimes.

i know it isn't a great way to spend your free time but it's better than being disciplined !!!

Mumof2 - that seems unfair to me. Do get legal advice. Any one off sick where i work has a rtw interview after absences but in reality they have to be pretty bad to get a written warning. To get it for something they acknowledge is genuine, strikes me as being pretty odd. How are you meant to schedule your dd being ill??