Appealing a Verbal Warning

sniggings

justagimmick wrote: »

Just worked out it wasn't actually 35 days. I work Mon-Fri and the Bradford system includes weekends. My actual days missed were more like 26 days when you take the weekends and BH out. 22 of those were related to tonsilitis.

But why does it matter now? I'm not going to appeal, the 'punishment' is apt for my employer and I have 6 months till my review. Done and dusted, no further worries.

As said, an employer expects you to be there for work, they can set rules on how many days off they are willing to accept, no matter for what reason, ill or not, I'm not sure why you think having a doctors note is enough. Try to stop thinking that a sick note is a get out of jail card, all it does is give the reason why you were off, it's the amount of time off that matters not the reason for that time off.

And most times weekends are counted towards your sick if they cover the sick period, you can't say I was sick Mon-Fri then well again Sat and Sun, I know it's crazy but those are the rules, well for my last job they were anyway

Thank the Government for our Employment laws, the Tories are reducing what little employment laws we have left.

valk_scot

justagimmick wrote: »

I suffered with tonsilitis repeatedly each month from January this year. The fact that I happen to be a student and work wouldn't have prevented these infections if I was one or the other instead of both. Previously, I have managed my attendance well enough (everyone gets sick time to time).

Long term stress depresses your immune system and makes you more vunerable to repeated infections. That's what the doctors tell us anyway and it's more or less what I found when I was trying to do too much, I got every bug going and that made me fall even further behind. My employer was 100% behind me on this though and was more than happy to give me the necessary leeway to complete my studies as it was going to benefit the company long term. Your employer isn't going to benefit from your qualifications at all so no wonder she's a bit hacked off about them.

You'd just better not get sick again, otherwise I suspect she'll be taking further steps down the disciplinary/dismissal track. If you feel there's other aspects of your lifestyle that are also affecting your stress levels perhaps this is the time to address them? Good diet, exercise, plenty of sleep, cut the caffeine and alcohol out etc.