I have had several days off work due to pregnancy related issues. Unfortunately i have had to take another day off as my son was ill. Is there a limit to how many days off you can have to care for a sick child before they fire you?
2007-03-29 11:58:57 · 4 answers · asked by Laura G 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
i work for a local council. Would they have to go through a certain amount of disciplinarys before this can happen?
2007-03-29 21:51:57 · update #1
If you have the certification of a health care provider, you can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off per year to care for your own serious medical condition or that of a spouse, chold, etc. You can take leave either all at once, or intermittently (a day or a few hours at a time.)
Ask your employer for information on the Family Medical Leave Act, or go online.
2007-03-29 12:06:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The F.M.L.A. that the poster above is referring to is only applicable to company's who have a minimum of 50 employees in a work site (not the total number of employees in a company) that work within 75 miles. In other words, if your company has two locations that are less than 75 miles away from each other then the law would apply for those two sites only. If they have smaller offices elsewhere that do not have 50 in them this law would not apply. Ask your H.R. person for the company leave policy. To qualify for FMLA you will have to have the doctors involved fill out the Certification of Medical Provider Form, you need to fill out the application form for FMLA leave. If both conditions are met and it is a serious illness for you or your child then you have job protected leave and the company can not fire you for the time off. But you must apply for each day every time it happens. The company must designate the leave as being FMLA qualifying. Find out if this applies to you or e-mail me separately and I can send you the federal law on it.
2007-03-29 20:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by hr4me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your own sick leave entitlements should be covered in your contract of employment.
Check out your contract also for 'force majeure' leave entitlements. That's where you have to take emergency leave to look after a sick close relative, or to deal with a crisis. The usual force majeure leave is a maximum of five days within a three year period.
Page 41 of this link explains it a little further.
Hope this helps:
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-089.pdf
2007-03-30 02:37:33 · answer #3 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES
2007-03-29 19:06:46 · answer #4 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋