hi,
i'm sure this is all fine, but i thought it was a bit odd, and i know how helpful MN is on these forums
basically H's work have called the entire company into their quarterly meeting tomorrow and stated that ANY sick leave now requires a standard form to be filled in plus a meeting with a manager - is that normal?
my work is only 4 people, plus volunteers (it's sort of a charity, although we aren't a registered charity legally) and we've never had any issues like that, on the rare occasion someone is ill they just phone in at 9am and everything is fine. in the time i've been here there's never been concerns or long term sick
H's work has now gone from 1 extreme to the other, where in the last 2 years he's been ill (2 days total) and called in at 9am, some junior has picked up the phone and sent around an email to say he wont' be in.
BUT his work now say that, e.g. if you're off for even a single day - this will now automatically need a meeting with a manager, a phone call every day that you're off to the manager (or a manager if yours isn't available), plus a quite detailed form filled in
from what H says, they're trying to cut back because people have been taking the p!ss, one guy is off almost every second week for a day or two apparently... but it just seems to me that this policy is "from 1 extreme to the other".
i'm sure we won't be affected, but is this a normal policy they're using now? are they just now adopting something other work places would normally have in place? just trying to get some context here