Off sick 2 weeks.......manager wants to visit me :( do I have to let her?

stinky_onions

Hi
I have been off work for 2 weeks just been back doctors this morning and he has given me a note for another 2 weeks.

I came home and phoned my manager, who informed me I am clocking up a lot of "points" being off for so long and she "HAS" to come out and see me
Me being soft wnet along with it, but I'm now wishing I had said no,because I don't want her here.
Do I have to allow her to visit me at home
Thanks for any replies

Scarlett1

no you dont have to allow her to come and visit, you have a sickness note so you are covered, if she wants to talk about your sickness then arrange a meeting with her when you go back to work

Bendybops19

I would send a letter, or call back and talk to someone else if you dont want to talk to her, and say that you just arent feeling up to having a visit and you would rather leave the meeting until you are well enough to return to work.

I hope you are feeling better soon xx

Noz

Is there a particular reason why you wouldn't want to speak to her personally? Are you a member of a union so that a member can be with you at the time?

TheImportanceOfBeingIdle

Ring her and tell her you forgot that you've got a nasty rabid ridden yorkshire terrier that has a habit of biting strangers in their rude bits. That should sort her out.

Coveredinbees!!!!

stinky_onions wrote: »

Hi
I have been off work for 2 weeks just been back doctors this morning and he has given me a note for another 2 weeks.

I came home and phoned my manager, who informed me I am clocking up a lot of "points" being off for so long and she "HAS" to come out and see me
Me being soft wnet along with it, but I'm now wishing I had said no,because I don't want her here.
Do I have to allow her to visit me at home
Thanks for any replies

If your signed off by your doctor on the sick you must therefore be sick I know to get signed off by my doctor you have to be practically dead. As for clocking up points what does that mean exactly you can't be sacked for being ill. I don't want to be overly nosy but what are you off for? I hardly think being pressured by you company is going to help. I would contact your HR department and tell them whats going on they might ask you to see a company nurse or doctor, that would be more exceptable than having you boss 'pop round', unless they are a medical professional which is doubt full.

stinky_onions

Thanks for your replies
The reason I don't want her here is because I can't see what it is going to acheive,apart from trying to "Coax"(read bully) me into going back to work ASAP.
She says she knows it's not very nice but she "HAS" to do it.
I am not in the union or I would ask their advice
I am not against seeing and speaking to her, i just don't want her to come to my home.
Also do I have to let her see my medication as I thought it would be private.
Sorry if anyone thinks I'm being awkward, it's just how I feel about it.

Coveredinbees!!!!

If your signed off I don't think you can go back to work anyway unless your doctor signs you 'back on' as you won't be covered by their insurance and if you have an accident you won't be covered. If you really have to see her do it on neutral territory away from your home and your place of work, if you can.

ShockingPink

We've got a new "positive attendance" policy at work, and in that managers are expected to keep in touch with people who are off sick for over two weeks. This can involve coming to visit the person at home. It's supposed to be for the sick person's welfare, but really it's to put people off faking it - being visited at home could be quite stressful. Unfortunately I'm off today, so haven't got the policy to hand to check exactly what it says; but I think you should have seen a copy of your work sickness policy. If you feel up to it, ask your manager to bring it along on the visit.

Just found this from the DWP website - it looks like home visits are considered good practice:

4.4.1 Home visits
There were views that visiting the absent employee at home, or away from
workplace, constituted good practice. Visiting the home allowed more flexibility to
be responsive to the person than a scheduled appointment in the workplace. It was
also felt to signal that the organisation ‘cares’ about the employee.
Home visits were carried out variously by departmental or line managers alone or in
pairs, jointly with a human resources staff member either routinely or if the manager
put in a request, and by a dedicated absence manager or personnel officer.
Home visits were described as ways of keeping the person in touch with what had
been happening at work and a chance to discuss practical matters such as sick pay
arrangements and when return was likely. The aims were generally said to be to ‘find
out how they are’ and ‘ask if the organisation can do anything to help’. One human
resources manager referred to home visits by managers as an opportunity to identify
the causes of absence, especially in the case of stress, but it appears that generally
enquiries about health and welfare were not necessarily in-depth and that specific
ways of helping were not always in mind. One member of a human resources
department employed to carry out home visits saw her role as akin to counselling,
however. In addition, use of the organisation’s contracted counselling service and
occupational health service was encouraged here, as was contact with the Job
Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot (JRRP) (see Chapter 7).
In terms of how home visit policy was implemented, organisations fell into four
groups. Some large organisations strictly adhered to rules to carry out home visits
after a defined period of absence, and often also at defined intervals thereafter.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2003-2004/rrep227.pdf


Try not to worry too much - do you get on with your manager?

stinky_onions

Coveredinbees
I am off work with Pleurisy, the points is a new system called the Bradford score, I am just off to read the paperwork they gave us when they first introduced it (if I can find it).

stinky_onions

ShockingPink
Thanks for the reply.
Yes I do get on with my manager, but my biggest problem is my husband.
He says "This is our home and we do not have to let anyone in if we are uncomfortable with it" This comes from him having a home visit a few years ago, which he says was a complete waste of time,and he hated the people who did the visit, and always said he would never allow it again.
I can hardly say that to my manager though, can I?
Think I will give her a ring and offer to go in and see her, hope that will be ok.