sick on redundancy

Robair_2

at the monent i am 2 week in to my 7 week redundancy and my work place it making my life a living hell, if i go off on the sick, does it effect my notice ??????????? if any one knows please let me know

zzzLazyDaisy

If you are on sick leave during your notice period, you are still classed as 'working your notice'. However you may only get SSP, instead of your full wages (depends on whether your employer has a company sick pay scheme and what the rules are).

Do you have any holidays owing to you? Could you take holidays as part of your notice?

Robair_2

no hoildays left
i just didnt know that say i have 4 weeks left then i go on sick for 3 weeks does that mean i have 1 week left OR do the employer stop your notice at the point when you go off sick then start it up again when i come back

getmore4less

Full pay during notice even when sick

Subject to an exclusion in the employment act which probably does not apply since it looks like the notice is statutory being 7weeks.

zzzLazyDaisy

Robair wrote: »

say i have 4 weeks left then i go on sick for 3 weeks does that mean i have 1 week left OR do the employer stop your notice at the point when you go off sick then start it up again when i come back

You would have one week left.

The time you spend on sick counts as part of your notice period.

You might also want to consider that you will probably need a reference from your employer at some point.

Robair_2

the 7 weeks is due to the lenth of service but the pay out is statutory just wasnt sure about the employer stoping the notive then starting it back up again

zzzLazyDaisy

getmore4less wrote: »

Full pay during notice even when sick

Subject to an exclusion in the employment act which probably does not apply since it looks like the notice is statutory being 7weeks.

You are right. Thanks for pointing that out, I had overlooked it.

Robair_2

sorry guys but i dont follow this employment act
can any one explaine??????????

McKneff

Just because work is making your life a living hell doesnt entitle you to go on the sick.

You would have to get a fit note from your doctor which would probably mean youre lying to him.

You'd really be capable of work living hell or not.

zzzLazyDaisy

Robair wrote: »

sorry guys but i dont follow this employment act
can any one explaine??????????

What it means is that if you are on sick leave during your notice period, you are entitled to continue to be paid full pay.

There is an exclusion if your contractual notice period is longer than the statutory minimum, but as Getmor4less points out the fact that your notice period is 7 weeks, suggests that you have been there for 7 years and are getting just the minimum statutory notice, so the exclusion does not apply to you.

SarEl

But the amount of time you have had off sick may be included in reference requests in the future. Sickness absence is often not a glowing recommendation.