Zero Hour Contracts And Sickness

[Gusta]

This is just a thought.......... (senario) if someone was on a zero hour contract and was scheduled to work 30 hours for one particular week then the employer reduces the hours to 15 hours at short notice - during this (reduced) 15 hours the person goes sick (but does not get paid) - should this still be recorded on their sick record?

I have heard this happen especially in care and support positions

[ummmm]

I would have thought the amount of sick days need to be recorded for reliabilities sake at the very least.

[Maydup]

Number of sick days should be recorded regardless of the number of hours scheduled or the level of sick pay.

[Peter Pedant]

depends what their contract says about sickness I would have thought

Practically speaking I think that if they are too sick too often you just lay them off - unfair dismissal only locks in at 24 months ( after 1 Apr 2012)

If the contract allows the employee to choose hours ( as well as employer ) then it comes into the category of " mutuality of obligation" and the courts may find the worker self - employed

Mutuality of obligation is where one party agree to supply work as a contractual clause and the other agrees to do it as a clause

- technical answer - well you put it into the law column and not chaddabank

[Gusta]

Thank you everyone for answering - I did have an idea that sickness does have to be recorded at all times but it is nice to have other peoples views. It's just that some employers give hours, take them away at short notice then give them back again - thank you x