Time off from workplace for medical appointments

[Guttedme]

Hi,

I'm a temp covering sickness, I refrained from signing a short-term contract where a month's notice to leave was required when my leave date for end of January got extended. I do accept because I've carried on working I'll have been deemed to have agreed to the month's notice.

It's up in the air whether the people of sick will return when expected.
Something dreadful was mentioned which I would not want to have to live through so it was already starting to colour my views on staying if the opportunity came up.

I haven't been in this situation before but I'm pre-empting some difficulties getting time off to attend hospital appointments and I'm really not now in a good position (limited holiday allowance) and the fact that surgery is going to take place in a week in March which caused conflict previously between my Manager and another colleague who both wanted holiday at the same time.
I suppose it its really difficult I just offer to walk away?

I'd started to use my allowance previously to attend diabetic eye screening and one day last month our internet connection went down and as there was no work I could do without a connection, I resigned myself to half day's holiday. (job is non-remote so working from home on own connection not possible)

I've got letters for both the pre-op and surgery date but does an Employer have to accept them like medical appointments? I did tell my current temporary employer I was planned for a procedure but their attitude was well how long will you take to recover. At which point on the spot, I went by best case of recovered by next day but since become aware of others who've taken a couple of days and one got stuck in hospital overnight.

I had been provisionally offered a job elsewhere, to start April and so I was planning to resign soon, (couldn't really afford to be without job in going sooner) now I'm really unsure what to do.

You've posted about this before, haven't you? There is no legal right to time off for medical appointments ( like GP or hospital appointments). The same is true of surgery, although that could be a sick day as you are unlikely to be fit for work. If you are planning to leave anyway, then it's irrelevant whether they allow it or not - worst case is they dismiss you, and you aren't likely to get paid for any of this unless the surgery is more than three days.

Thanks, yes I did post before when upset about the notice period when it changed from 1 week to 1 month and very previously when I arrived as the temp last Autumn. It is not a good situation, I get that.

Hi,

I'm sorry to drag this up. My leave after little bit of a struggle/explanation got approved to cover surgery/overnight stay.

The employer have now informed me that it should be covered by company policy and are in the process to reverse this as annual leave, even though I might well be on notice to leave come then so it doesn't make sense.

I've also heard one of the two off sick have now resigned, the other definitely insists they wants their job back post treatment. There's two temps for one job it seems to me.

My contract ends 31st March as it was with the one month's notice, so on 29th February - can I expect as a cut off to know what is going on then?

I've held off the new employer for as long as I can but don't think I can much more. I don't really want to turn the job down as I'm aware I could end up out of work, I could recover really well and the start in April seemed ideal but I suppose surrender myself here.

I'm sorry but I really don't understand this. Why do you think that being on notice makes a difference?

And if you want to take the other job, take it. What's the problem?

Your current employer isn't required to tell you anything about possible future employment at any time. You know when you finish. That's the end of it. They can offer you more work on 30th March - you can take it or not.

OK thanks for the snarky reply.

I didn't read it as snarky

You can be signed off for the op and recovery but that may mean largely unpaid. The rest is al although you could argue diabetic screening is associated with a disability. Are you paid on an hourly basis/zero hours as a temp ? When does the al year reset?

It wasn't snarky. Your response, instead of clarifying a very confusing post, was really rude though.

You do realise that the 1 month notice period is just as much a benefit to you as them? If they decide to let you go, you have a 1 month period of employment protection before your final day. That has to be a good thing in your current medical situation, they can't just dismiss you with the statutory 1 week, you get that guaranteed notice and wages for a month,