Time off for dentist appointments

DCFC79

Do employers have to allow employees time off for dentist appontments, i know in 1 of my previous jobs we were allowed time off for dentists etc, do all employers have to allow time off for dentist appointments

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

No.

Its entirely discretionary under company policies/contracts. The exception is obviously if its serious enough to enable you to get a sick note.

If the employer allows it then its upto them whether its paid, unpaid, part of holiday entitlement and so on.

Savvy_Sue

In my current job we make the time up (we have a fairly informal flexi-time system).

In my previous job we'd have been expected to make appointments outside our core hours (more formal flexi-time system), and the same for GP and optician, because we could choose when we made such appointments and time them for the start or end of the day.

However, any appointment over which we had no control could be taken within core hours and we didn't have to make the time up. So hospital appointments were fine.