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Sick pay deducted for being off ONE day
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Hi,
Am technically still on my probationary period at work and was sick for 1 shift after having worked there for 17/18 weeks (1st time off sick from any job in the last 6 yrs !). On this month's payslip there's a Sick Pay Adjustment of around minus £80. My T&Cs say while I'm on probation, for the first 28 weeks of sickness, I'm eligible to apply for SSP.
Just had a quick look online and looks like you can't apply for SSP if the sickness was for less than 4 days, plus it'd only be about £79 a WEEK anyway.
I'll obviously try speak to someone at work tomorrow but meantime, to calm me down (I'm fuming !!), does anyone know if I just have to lose the £80 ?
Am technically still on my probationary period at work and was sick for 1 shift after having worked there for 17/18 weeks (1st time off sick from any job in the last 6 yrs !). On this month's payslip there's a Sick Pay Adjustment of around minus £80. My T&Cs say while I'm on probation, for the first 28 weeks of sickness, I'm eligible to apply for SSP.
Just had a quick look online and looks like you can't apply for SSP if the sickness was for less than 4 days, plus it'd only be about £79 a WEEK anyway.
I'll obviously try speak to someone at work tomorrow but meantime, to calm me down (I'm fuming !!), does anyone know if I just have to lose the £80 ?
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Hi,
have you considered offering your employer to work on a day you would normally be off (to catch up on your work)? That way you won't loose your day's pay and your employer will see you as a hard working team player. That's a win - win solution... :-)
I appreciate this might not be easily done if you work in an office which is only opened for business Mon - Fri. but in let's say retail, that would be a great solution.
Otherwise I would try to use one of my holiday days.
You can't expect an employer to "reward" people for not working. - That way most of people would pull a sickie every time they sneeze or have a little head ache after a night out!
And don't forget they probably had to pay somebody else to do the day's job for you.
Offer to work extra - it's only fair...
Good luck!
have you considered offering your employer to work on a day you would normally be off (to catch up on your work)? That way you won't loose your day's pay and your employer will see you as a hard working team player. That's a win - win solution... :-)
I appreciate this might not be easily done if you work in an office which is only opened for business Mon - Fri. but in let's say retail, that would be a great solution.
Otherwise I would try to use one of my holiday days.
You can't expect an employer to "reward" people for not working. - That way most of people would pull a sickie every time they sneeze or have a little head ache after a night out!
And don't forget they probably had to pay somebody else to do the day's job for you.
Offer to work extra - it's only fair...
Good luck!
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