Teacher strike

mazedazrol

Hi

With the teacher strike on Wednesday i need to take the day off work to watch them. i have 1 day annual leave left that i was saving for the Friday before Xmas. My employer has said i have to use this day off for the strike on Wednesday.

Is this correct ? i wouldnt have thought i would have to use up my annual leave for this type of reason.:mad:

dirtysexymonkey

mazedazrol wrote: »

Hi

With the teacher strike on Wednesday i need to take the day off work to watch them. i have 1 day annual leave left that i was saving for the Friday before Xmas. My employer has said i have to use this day off for the strike on Wednesday.

Is this correct ? i wouldnt have thought i would have to use up my annual leave for this type of reason.:mad:

why do you think your employer should be inconvenienced because of this?

your children are your responsibility. you need to provide childcare.

claire16c

do you have any friends whose kids go to the same school as yours that could look after them if you perhaps returned the favour another time?

mazedazrol

I can not get any child care for various reasons, Why should i have to use up my annual leave for them striking ?

gingin_2

mazedazrol wrote: »

I can not get any child care for various reasons, Why should i have to use up my annual leave for them striking ?

Because they are your children, your responsibility. Not your employers.

4nnabella

I would have thought that it is one of those things that may be specific to each employer and their HR policies. I've just had a look at the policy at my work and I think if I did not want to use my annual leave then I would have to take the day off as unpaid.

Not fair but thems the rules I guess.

dirtysexymonkey

mazedazrol wrote: »

I can not get any child care for various reasons, Why should i have to use up my annual leave for them striking ?

because they are your children. education is not childcare so you can work you know.

mishkanorman

mazedazrol wrote: »

I can not get any child care for various reasons, Why should i have to use up my annual leave for them striking ?

what do you do if your child is sick ?

how old is your child/ren ?

claire16c

Apparently David Cameron said to bring them to work with you. Not sure how well that would go down with some employers lol

Could you ask to take the day off but make up the hours elsewhere? Or work from home?

mazedazrol

When they are sick i take time off and goes down as compasion leave. I have 2 kid ages 5 & 7.

I just thought work were trying to make me use up my annual leave when i didnt have to, i wasnt asking to be judged :silenced: !

katerinasol

My work said if you're striking it counts as unauthorized leave, if you can't come into work because of childcare etc then you have to use up annual leave too. Seems to be fairly standard.