HR question, help please

[ratcliffe]

Or you could have the barmy system that we have here....

I could be off 3 times during the year, and have 3 days each time. Total 9 days. Nothing would happen.
Or
I could be off 4 times during the year, and have 1 day each time. Total 4 days. I would, and have been triggered on this and had to go to a poxy interview/meeting about it.

What a joke. Next year I think I'll just take my 9 days and stick two fingers up. Makes no sense to me.

[Scubee]

Originally Posted by ratcliffe

Or you could have the barmy system that we have here....

I could be off 3 times during the year, and have 3 days each time. Total 9 days. Nothing would happen.
Or
I could be off 4 times during the year, and have 1 day each time. Total 4 days. I would, and have been triggered on this and had to go to a poxy interview/meeting about it.

What a joke. Next year I think I'll just take my 9 days and stick two fingers up. Makes no sense to me.

It is a system designed to prevent 'casual sickness' or realistcally, to stop you thtowing a sickie to go diving/get over a hangover/shag your nextdoorneighbours missus etc without penalising those who are genuinely sick. Some systems I know are even more draconian than yours!

[glanrichbex]

Unless this person was a representative of the welfare department, a member of the medical proffession dealing with you as a patient capacity, Chaplin / similar or police then you are being harrassed - it is an invasion of your privacy. It is also not acceptable for your employer to contact you by telephone to ask you when your thinking of returning to work - this is also seen as harassment.

The question related to attendance in work can be reversed to ask what this person was doing off work premesis in work time.

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by yazzyfooty

I was interested to read the part i have made bold. The company I work for does not pay when staff call in sick unless its due to being injured by a patient or while having to control and restrain one. So our sickness levels are fairly low but what a nuisance as people with stinking colds come into work and spread their germs everywhere!

Jeez..what about the other OH&S implications - someone has an accident and/or injures a workmate or "client" because they can't concentrate properly? I know if I'm full of a cold, my work performance is way below par.