Worried I'll be let go for 2 sick days in 6 months

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I am leaving the role in 2 weeks for another job so it may not matter, but I'm currently employed through an agency so I'm aware I have no rights.
I had a day off sick 4 months ago after the death of a relative. Then last Friday I had a day off for d and v, it led onto the weekend so didn't need the 48 hours.

The policy states up to 2 occasions and/or 4 days in 6 months. I've been there 6 months so I've reached the 2 occasions limit, I highly doubt I'll take any more time in my remaining 2 weeks.

Nobody has said anything, but a colleague of mine has just been sacked with zero notice. He was admittedly off sick a lot, almost every week.

I know I'm within the limit but I still feel worried due to being agency staff.

Unless there's other issues, it really doesn't seem worth their time to sack you when in two weeks, you're leaving anyway

You are going anyway. Not worth their effort to look at this. It’s minimal. It’s not every week.

You haven't breached the limit, and the person they let go was off significantly more.

They've just let go of someone - chances are they need you right now. Don't worry.

Don't waste your time worrying about it.

Thank you. I know they said up to 2 occasions so I've not gone over that, I just know agency staff have 0 rights and security.

Will they need you? To finish some projects perhaps, or handover/train someone else?

You're right that as agency staff they can choose to let you go any time they like, with no reason given.

I suppose you need the 2 weeks income, or you wouldn't be worried? Can your agency find you 2 weeks work?

No i doubt they'd need me, I work in a team of around 15 in a call centre so I'm basically just a number. They would hopefully be able to find me something else, I'm sure other team members have had 2 instances of sickness and are still here, I think my colleague was just an exception as he took so much sick leave. I'll try not to worry

Well I hope you're going to a job with some security and where you're not just a number. Good luck!

Why did you call in sick for bereavement ? Really that should have been classed differently like compassionate leave or just unpaid leave

@CoastalCalm I was thinking that. Most people would be allowed a day unpaid for a funeral for example if it’s not a very close relative such as a parent. Then it’s compassionate leave and there should be a policy that covers this.

If they sacked the colleague and they really were sick, wouldn’t that be illegal? Isn’t that clause illegal? There’s a thread on asking why people come in sick, this is why- I’ve never gotten to just run and tell someone I’m sick, there’s a huge interrogation- I once had horrendous chest pains over a night and rang and they nearly convinced me to go in (I ended up in hospital for a few days later that day!)

Ok well I'm in work today and I've literally just heard my manager whispering to his manager about my sickness, saying is this now a trigger alert or something...great.

You weren't even sick for the first absence. ETA I see you took it as a sick day. However there's no reason why they should sack you at this point.

Before 6 months is up an employer can let an employee go. And persistent sickness month in month out is a reason for dismissal. They simply are not doing the job. 2 days in 6 months is negligible though but no company wants people throwing sickies when they are not sick.