To wonder if this is a valid reason to be off work for the day

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That your Dparents car was broken into the night before so you had to be with them

To take AL yeah, but not sick leave or anything else

Our AL would have to be agreed in advance so it wouldn't be marked as that

Depends
Are they elderly and you are their effective carer?
Or are they young and should be able to deal with this?
What hand hold do they need to call their insurance?

What was stolen?

It depends why they had to be there. Can Parents not speak English to deal with all necessary admin, are parents unable to deal with situation due to age, vulnerability etc.

It's good enough reason to ask for the day off unpaid or an emergency AL request it's up to the bosses wether they approve it.

It would depend on how old they were or whether they had any support needs. If this is a young member of staff with parents in their fifties, fit and well, I would expect the member of staff to come to work.

Parents in their eighties and showing first signs of dementia, or otherwise inclined to anxiety and responding poorly to stress, I would give the member of staff the benefit of the doubt and either let them have it as emergency carer’s leave, or put through AL as a one off if they asked me to.

If you are their carer, then you can take unpsid emergency carers leave.

Why would you have to be with them? If you're their carer then I can see the reasoning and it would be carers leave if that exists at your work, or unpaid authorized leave. If not and they are capable adults then no I don’t think it’s a valid reason to be off without agreeing annual leave with your work. Why would capable adults need being with during work time for their car getting broken into?

Absolutely not, no. Unless you took last minute leave or unpaid leave.

Not an excuse for a day off

How old are they? My parents are in their 70s and would be able to sort out police and insurance themselves.

If they are in their 80s/90s and it has flipped them over the edge, an emergency day yes. However if they are fully capable even if very elderly, no.

Unless you've missed some important info, I don't see why you'd need a day off.

Not unless they both have significant health issues (although I’m guessing if one of them is capable of driving they are capable of phoning the insurance company etc).

No it's not.

I’m assuming that if they drive, they obviously have capacity and cognition and can therefore cope going about their day.

So no, you shouldn’t be getting a day off.

Yes this is a good point that at least one of them drives and so has capacity.

No

It depends on the age, location and vulnerability of the parents. If it was my mum alone and she was in a hotel far away and now stranded because the car had been stolen and used for a robbery, I'd take the day off. If it was just that someone walked past a car parked on the road and mindlessly smashed the window then I doubt my parents would even bother to tell me until after they had already called the insurance company and booked the car in for a repair.

Let me clarity. If they are capable of driving a 1 tonne car on public roads where children walk/cross they are capable of calling the insurance company

On the surface, it's an annual leave day but there could be reasons why it could be a family crisis so might be reasonable to have special leave (depending on the relevant policy), but based purely on what you've said, no.

No, if one of my reports rang in sick for that I’d take a dim view. Leave yes. Sick no.

As short notice annual leave absolutely. Sick leave? Absolutely not.

As pp said if they're mentally capable of driving they can deal with the basics, reporting it to police etc.

Anything else, calling insurance, can wait til after your working day

I can't see why you'd need anything close to a full day off and I say that as someone with a 79 year old Mum who panics about things that she's not used to dealing with.

Without wanting to sound harsh it's only a car break in. It's an inconvenience. It's not a disaster

No way! It was a car and not even stolen. I would feel different about a house break in because that can cause serious stress and the house may not be secure until a tradesperson arrives etc.

If they are fit and well enough to be able to drive then they are fit and well enough to deal with driver related issues.

Haha no

No it isn't.