Child sickness and time of work

[lisa270988]

Hi my toddler often gets admitted to hospital when he gets a cold or virus due to viral induced wheeze/asthma which affects his breathing badly! This happens mostly in the winter months my husband works full time I don't work at the moment but when my little boy is poorly and goes into hospital I find it very stressful and hard to cope it's so upsetting seeing him like that! I suffer for bad anxiety and depression so this makes it worse! I always like my husband there when he is in hospital to help he tends to stay with our little boy at night and I go up in the days so my husband can go home my mum will often come up to help me in the day.
My husband works have been OK with him taking time off but they are now getting funny!! He has used all annual leave and sick leave!! So I am really worried about what will happen if he goes in again!! We still got half the winter left!!.
Is there any laws on this can they sack my husband? Do they have to allow time of for an ill child? Even if it's unpaid it's OK

To me often being admitted for "viral induce wheeze which affects his breathing" is not an emergency, it's a protocol for managing a long term condition which many of us have to do everyday. It's a situation where your child has a long term condition that needs management, and if that management means a hospital stay which is frequent and controlled, then that's not really a emergency. However, as I have said before, when it is an emergency, which only OP can be the judge of, her husband should be allowed unlimited emergency leave. The reality is though, work needs doing. However justified the man's time off is, if that is having a huge negative affect on his workplace and colleagues, something needs to change,

One of my dc spends a lot of time in hospital and it's me who does all of the appointments because my husband can't get time off all of the time.

And we want to have some days where he's off work so we can do actual nice things.

I know this may be easier said than done but sometimes you have to be strong for your child. He has to be in hospital and you are his mother. Whether you like being there or not. It's not really an option. It is not going to be in your family's best interests if your dh gets made redundant.

You've already got your mother, it shouldn't take three adults to be with a child.