tesco,s absence policy

Jo_R_2

elle_gee wrote: »

I'm a HR Administrator and I totally agree with the above - it's Emergency Dependents Leave, not sick leave on your wife's part. The days will be unpaid, but shouldn't go down on her sickness record (we have a general absence records with different codes for the reasoning, then only count up the sickness type ones when working out if a caution is due). In fact, claiming time of sick due to the sickness of a child and not our employee would be considered fraudulant against our company sick pay policy and result in discipline of another kind.

Thanks elle_gee. Like I said I've had to use this before a number of times for odd days when either of my LOs have been ill, and tbh it's so worrying having to phone in anyway if you are sick yourself, let alone if it's not actually you that's sick! And then like OP to get into trouble for it - I'm just surprised that such a big employer as Tesco wouldn't be aware of implementing this policy!

surreysaver

LittleVoice wrote: »

I believe that if she were disciplined (that is suffered some action) because of her absence arising from your son's disability that would be direct discrimination on the grounds of disability and therefore illegal.

Not direct discrimination. Discrimination by association. And you are entitled to time off in an emergency to care for a dependant, regardless of how many occasions it happens. Tesco managers are untrained incompetant idiots.

peediedj

surreysaver wrote: »

Tesco managers are untrained incompetant idiots.

at my wifes store thats very true