boss phones when i'm off sick

tractorboy80

when any of our staff are off sick, the boss always phones them in the afternoon to ask if they will be returning to work the next morning, i've been old that this is classed as harrasment does any body kn ow where staff stand in these circumstances

Pssst

When you phone in sick,do you give an indication of your condition and an estimate of when you might return to work? I dont see too much wrong in him ringing to enquire as to your welfare. Sometimes you have to grit your teeth and play the game.

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

Unless its a case of phoning long term illness staff (i.e cancer etc) then no problem.

If someone phones in with Flu I think its reasonable to phone and see were they are and if they will be back.

Companies need to show some interest in staff welfare.

toothe

yeah, i think even when sick you must be contactable. this applies for some jobs im 100% about.

pinkshoes

It seems reasonable to me, as they need to plan things. I wouldn't really say it was harassment unless he was telling them to come back to work rather than just enquiring if they're going to be there.

tanith

I do not think its reasonable at all.. if you are off sick you are sick , I wouldn't answer the phone, let the answer phone pickup..I would respond to a message to phone in, Why would you be expected to answer the phone when lying in bed ill, you could be sleeping. I do give an indication when I think I might be back to work in the intial 'going sick call'. Long term sick is a different matter and one would expect work to ring to check how you are doing.

Mr_Falling_Star

Good one this..If its short term sickness then you should give your boss a idea of how long its going to be when you first call. If you are a bit vague then I would say its borderline OK to ring you up. However blackbelt Union reps would invoke Article 8 of the Human Rights act (right to privacy) and inform the manager that in their opinion (and lets be honest you probably just read a pamphlet about it) he is in breach of this law by ringing you up. It has been known to work

If its long term sick then your employer does have a duty of care towards you and should check on how you are doing once a month. Caring employers should send a letter offering a appointment or a time to ring

tractorboy80

Thanks for your replys, this does clear up the argument that some of the staff have been having, once again thanks

Scaredy_Cat_3

I used to work in a call centre and the (ridiculous) policy there was that I would have to ring in sick and speak to a supervisor - who would then get a manager to ring me back later.

This was REALLY annoying if I was ringing in because I had a migraine and needed to go to bed.

My personal suspicion is that they just wanted to be sure you were actually at home and hadn't just taken the day off to go shopping.

DCFC79

LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »

Unless its a case of phoning long term illness staff (i.e cancer etc) then no problem.

If someone phones in with Flu I think its reasonable to phone and see were they are and if they will be back.

Companies need to show some interest in staff welfare.

but asking someone whos ill is like asking how long is a piece of string, if i had the flu how the hell am i to tell when id be back at work, im not qualified to make that assumption

my previous employer were perfectly fine with its employees phoning up the day theyre ill to say tehy wont be in to do that days shift and we were asked to phone in an hour before we were due to start for any other extra days we were ill

surreysaver

Pssst wrote: »

When you phone in sick,do you give an indication of your condition and an estimate of when you might return to work? I dont see too much wrong in him ringing to enquire as to your welfare. Sometimes you have to grit your teeth and play the game.

She is not enquiring as to welfare of the staff - she is pestering the employee.