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formal meeting for time off

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traceybeggs · 08/01/2013 19:41

hi i had 6 days off lasy year 2012 ,most days off where because my son was ill ,hes 5, on saturday 5/1/2013 i had to take day off as son was really ill, had my back to work interview today when i was told there was going to be a formal meeting about my attendance as i had 6 days of last year and they where being taken into consideration, i was,nt aware that last years days off could be counted following year but was told employment law covered this , im not sure if this is correct and would appreciate any advice thank u p

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omletta · 08/01/2013 19:43

Are you calling in sick if your child is sick? Rather than taking it as 'child sick' emergency leave?

Tobagostreet · 08/01/2013 19:53

Hi Tracey,

The past rolling 12 months would be taken into consideration, so in short, yes, you can be invited to a meeting to discuss absences from last year too.

If you've had 6 individual days off over a 12 month period, that is quite high, and it may be that your employer just can't support that level of unplanned absence.

Assuming you've not had any warnings until now, I'd expect an informal (verbal) warning as a worse case scenario. They'd also want you to discuss what contingency you can put in place to reduce days off in future. They need to know that you're seriously looking at alternatives to you always taking time off (alternative Childcare, parter taking time off, etc).

Try not to worry and see this as an opportunity to fix what's going wrong at work.

Good luck.

Lonecatwithkitten · 08/01/2013 19:56

Do you have a husband or partner are you sharing taking leave equally with them when your child is sick.
Do you have other people who could help?
The right is to unpaid time off to arrange emergency care not to provide the emergency care. They may feel you have no other arrangements for when your child is sick.

It is not unreasonable of them to have a meeting to discuss this absence and whether you can put in place other childcare to cover this.

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