Problem with Work and child starting school

jennypdolphin

I have to say that it is highly unlikely that a school would allow a child to be left alone in the playground before the school day starts. I am a teacher and if a child has been left out there unsupervised the parent is often called and the headteacher would need to discuss it with them.
If it happens often then there would be a chance that the school would have to contact social services as there would be concern over the welfare of the child - for the age range indicated here at least!

horse76

jennypdolphin wrote: »

I have to say that it is highly unlikely that a school would allow a child to be left alone in the playground before the school day starts. I am a teacher and if a child has been left out there unsupervised the parent is often called and the headteacher would need to discuss it with them.
If it happens often then there would be a chance that the school would have to contact social services as there would be concern over the welfare of the child - for the age range indicated here at least!

She is 5, and no I wouldn't leave her to wait on the school opening!

LittleVoice

moongarden wrote: »

Actually that is legistation so your boss does not have a choice there - the minimum is half an hour.

There's some misunderstanding of the WT Regs here.

To have a 5yo child, I assume the OP is at least 18yo. The WT Regs therefore gives them a right to a minimum break of 20 minutes (not 30, that's for the under 18s) if the work session is over 6 hours.

The employer has to allow this (and some want to enforce it) but the employee does not have to take the break if they do not want to. So there is no reason why the employer, in law, could not allow the OP to take just 15 mins as a lunch break for the days when she arrives 15 mins after official start time. That is only 5 minutes less than the statutory right to a break and performance is unlikely to be really negatively affected.

jackomdj

If you were to re-jig your hours you would be losing one hour's pay (you said you have a day off) but you usually start 15 mins early so you would get out of having to do this. Do you currently have a mid afternoon/morning break? You could arrange to not do this each day.

I am in a similar quandry as DD will be starting in a week & after her induction period (3 weeks) they finish early on a Friday but I will be about 10 mins late picking her up after I get back from DD2's swimming lesson....I will be getting one of my friends to pick her up & walk her to my house, by which time I will be home.

Good luck
Nicky

onlyforboards_2

iamana1ias wrote: »

Why should they? Are they a business or a charity? Why is the OP starting school the company's problem?

Primarily because as a species we need to breed to survive and so it is expected most people will have children and still work.

custardy

onlyforboards wrote: »

Primarily because as a species we need to breed to survive and so it is expected most people will have children and still work.

great isnt it.

why dont these benefit scroungers get a job and look after their kids
why dont all these 'breeders' sort themselves out and stop expecting work to be flexible

makes me laugh

Rockporkchop

To be honest I would just change my hours so I start at 9.15. Just remove that stress from your life and stroll to work with no problems. In this day and age you don't really want to rock the boat at work as you are quite lucky to have a job you can walk to and that fits in with school hours.

Unless you are on an extremely low salary you should hardly notice the difference in money by the time the tax etc is adjusted.

liney

onlyforboards wrote: »

Primarily because as a species we need to breed to survive and so it is expected most people will have children and still work.

But the boss does understand, and has offered a 15 min later start time to accommadate. It's the Op who doesn't want to change her official start time.

perplexed.com

custardy wrote: »

great isnt it.

why dont these benefit scroungers get a job and look after their kids
why dont all these 'breeders' sort themselves out and stop expecting work to be flexible

makes me laugh

I take it that your mother was a 'breeder' then? Does this sound like a nice thing to call someone now?

And why shouldn't work be flexible for ALL ( people with and without children ) if it is possible and not disruptive to business, of course?

cannyscot_2

Jenny dolphin said-I have to say that it is highly unlikely that a school would allow a child to be left alone in the playground before the school day starts. I am a teacher and if a child has been left out there unsupervised the parent is often called and the headteacher would need to discuss it with them.
If it happens often then there would be a chance that the school would have to contact social services as there would be concern over the welfare of the child - for the age range indicated here at least!

horse76 wrote: »

She is 5, and no I wouldn't leave her to wait on the school opening!

In parts of scotland it is quite normal for the children to be in the playground from 30 mins before schools starts as many children are bussed to school and there is a playground assistant.


I don't think it is fair to make the OP feel bad when she is not doing anything wrong.


We should not imagine what happens in our area is the same as another part of the country.