Manager incorrectly put me as sick

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Last month I had to take a day off as DD was unwell which I took as emergency leave I asked my manager if I could be paid as we get 2 days per year for emergencies. He said that was fine.

Received my wage slip which states that I have taken a day as sick for this day. At my workplace the first three days of sick are paid but only if the sickness threshold has been met. We can have three sicknesses in a 2 year period.

Now because of this error I have reached the threshold and I have a planned procedure in August and will need time off and now because of this mistake I won't get paid for the first three days of sickness.

My manager has said that he can't correct the error now because it has gone through payroll.

He need to amend the the rota to reflect carer leave and submit a change form to Payroll who act on new information and record and pay as carer. Error cannot remain uncorrected because he can’t be bothered with he faff . Keep all email and if you’re in a union notify them what going on

Do you have email of him confirming carer leave , were he said fine

Need to challenge this.

He needs to correct it.
But three instances of sickness in two years is just a terrible policy.

Manager can change the recording either he can’t be bothered or doesn’t want to
Tough. It’s incorrect and has significance for you, so he must amend it and correctly record the episode

Payroll can definitely fix things. Did you get the back and forth in writing? If so, just forward that to your payroll team.

Payroll will ask her manager to confirm and authorise the revised recoding of the event

Yes, but if the manager has already accepted that this is an error in an email or on Teams, they've effectively authorised it as there isn't really much else they can say.

That has not happened though she says that in op. Mgr says he can’t amend after event
Payroll will still ask mgr do they authorise the recoding? Even if it is in email To cover themselves

But the manager won't have any defence to ask that payroll not be corrected.

Not sure what your point is?
As per my previous post I think the manager needs to recode this and amend the incorrect record

My point is that if there's already a paper trail then the OP could just send that on to the payroll team. That would be the easiest way to resolve it. Going via an obstructive manager seems pointless. Whilst the payroll team might then go to the manager for approval, it is easier than trying to get action from the manager to instigate the change.

Agree, the manager will be obstructive, they’ll want to minimise or ignore. This is fixable but mgr is reluctant. Error must be corrected as it impacts absence record.

Was there an email trail? Or was it a verbal acknowledgement it was carer leave? Obviously, an email nails it and is a confirmation of conversation. Email make it easier to challenge & forward to payroll and roster team.