Emplyee off sick but I think it is not true

KiKi

Maybe she hasn't gone to the show, then.

Either way, OP, follow the procedures set out at work before ANY accusations are thrown about. Suggesting to a child that they wake their mother who you know has called in sick is really rather silly. If you know she's ill AND unreliable, then calling up to offer extra hours isn't really a sensible idea, is it? Even if you are trying to help.

Let it play out and deal with it in work time, according to the company's procedures. Don't think the worst. She may not have gone to the theatre in the end.

Plus, as someone else said, if she WANTS to be sacked, then trying it on to get you to harass her may end up in a case for constructive dismissal if that's what she really wants. Obviously that's extreme, but you do need to be careful.

KiKi

ceridwen

oKAY...I'll state where I am coming from right at the outset - ie in the vast majority of cases I will be automatically on the side of the employEE in these cases.

But - this isnt ringing true to me personally. The fact of her son commenting about seeing whether she WANTS to speak to you is flagging up a bit of a warning sign in this case. I may be wrong - and I DO hope I'm not - but I would not personally have wanted to hear that and have reacted accordingly.

So - in this particular instance only - I would have added together "she had plans for this time" with that comment from her son and thought "I DO have the suspicion this is a try-on".

Of course - we DO only have one side of this - but thats my gut reaction in this particular case.

I DO believe - strongly - in fairness between employer and employee and most of the time that leads to me being on the employEEs side - but I am wondering about this one...

Uncertain

purcel wrote: »

She moaned at me 2 weeks ago when she worked 3 days only that she didn't had enough money , so I was ringing her to see if I can offer any extra hours next week to make up for the hours missed.

A moment ago you said you had told her you were unhappy with her performance and that you wanted her to resign.

Seems an odd choice to offer her extra hours!

WhiteHorse

purcel wrote: »

Now, is it unreasonable for me to want to talk to her and demand for her to be woken up?

Try making a home 'welfare' visit.

All for her benefit of course.

smileylondongal

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Try making a home 'welfare' visit.

All for her benefit of course.

You could only conduct one of these if she were off on long term sick as this would be to discuss her options for return.

Sambucus_Nigra

Purcel; I don't want to be rude but have you had training in sickness absence? You could run the risk of getting in hot water to be honest, it sounds like you need a little assistance on managing this employee of yours.

WhiteHorse

smileylondongal wrote: »

You could only conduct one of these if she were off on long term sick as this would be to discuss her options for return.

You can do this anytime. Purely out of your deep seated, personal concern for her wellbeing, of course.

KiKi

WhiteHorse wrote: »

You can do this anytime. Purely out of your deep seated, personal concern for her wellbeing, of course.

You could, with her agreement. However, given that she only called in sick at 4pm then I think the employee would be utterly justified in feeling harassed.

KiKi

purcel

KiKi wrote: »

You could, with her agreement. However, given that she only called in sick at 4pm then I think the employee would be utterly justified in feeling harassed.

KiKi

Thanks for the suggestion but I am not going that far! I do not do home visits, or bother her for the weekend, will give her a call on Monday and see if she's fit enough to come to work.

ohreally

purcel wrote: »

will give her a call on Monday and see if she's fit enough to come to work.

Let her call you.