Advice please! Repeated sick leave because pregnant

[PregnantAndPoorly]

Hello,

I’m hoping someone with a legal/HR background can help with some advice (I’ve name changed not to out myself).

I have been with my company for about 5 years. I like the job and get on well with my team and manager. The “problem” is that I am 3 months pregnant (yay!) and am having a difficult pregnancy. I have had about 30 days sick leave so far. My manager knew from very early on that my sickness was pregnancy related (I didn’t try to cover this up).

Yesterday she told me the company won’t give me any more paid sick leave (its all been paid until now). There’s no problem with me being off sick but it will be unpaid from now on. I was understandably very upset (and pregnancy hormones!) and left crying.

I check and my contract says I get paid for the first 7 days of any absence. I read this as meaning that I can have 7 days sick, come back in for a day or two, and then go off sick again for another 7 days. I think this should all be paid.

Can anyone advice me on this?

It’s really stressing me out (which isn’t making me feel any less poorly!)

Thank you

As others have asked, why are you well enough to work on the 8th day but not on the others?

You do rather sound like you're taking the piss.
I threw up every single day until week 22 (and had to get out of bed at night to throw up sometimes too) and I managed not to spend half my pregnancy on sick leave.

Hi Flowery thank you for your kind offer to look at my contract. I have PM'ed you.

I think everyone is being a tad harsh! My previous job and I didn't get sick pay so I would force myself to go to when I was really sick. I once finished a shift and went straight to hospital and being admitted because I was to scared to loose money. I now get sick pay and its nice to not kill myself or put others at risk. I'm Currently 15w 4days preg and I'm exhausted am thinking of taking sick leave. I think a couple of days a week the baby has a growth spurt and just drains the life out me then my energy comes back but some days I just want to sleep all day. I think you should get paid but depends the total amount of sick pay your entitled to x

This thread is two years old! @Bumptobe, if you need advice please start a new thread.

As far as piss taking goes, this is right up there! Seriously, what are you thinking?? You’re giving women a bad name.

Oops just seen the post above mine, I hate it when that happens!

This is the first time I've ever replied to a post and didn't realise the date. Did she get paid in the end?