sick line for family illness

dk5294

the answer is no.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

Troll time

dk5294

Not a troll, genuine enquiry

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

What happened to the other 4 massive paragraphs?

unforeseen

He has had a reasonable (actually more than reasonable) time off to arrange alternate care. It is normally considered that a day or two is reasonable to arrange alternate childcare.

agrinnall

How long has your husband worked for his employer? Less than 2 years and I would expect them to fire him if he tries to push this. Even with more than 2 years there must be a risk that they will sack him for capability if he continues to try to take time off on a non-agreed basis. If he is planning to do this I'd suggest he needs legal advice on what might happen to him.

I also can't see how he can qualify for SSP when he is not sick and the time off is well beyond anything required to make alternative care arrangements.

To be honest, if he can't do the job away from home and sort out appropriate care he needs to find a job where he can live at home.

Alice_Walker

agrinnall makes a very good point about the suitability of the husband working away. Raising a child is stressful enough, and you have bipolar to cope with on top of that. Do you have a crisis plan for if you have an episode, who would care for the child if you are not well enough and the husband is away?

If there has already been a discussion about the possibility of your son going into care, please address this before it gets taken out of your hands.

theoretica

As your son is only 4 months old, is your husband eligible for shared parental leave (http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4911)? Or he is entitled to up to 4 weeks a year of unpaid parental leave http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1637 This requires 3 weeks notice, but his employers might be flexible about the notice.

paddedjohn

theoretica wrote: »

As your son is only 4 months old, is your husband eligible for shared parental leave (http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4911)? Or he is entitled to up to 4 weeks a year of unpaid parental leave http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1637 This requires 3 weeks notice, but his employers might be flexible about the notice.

Surely this only applies if the mother is returning to work

FBaby

You can't claim sickness benefits for looking after someone who is sick. Some company offer paid leave for a limited time, some offer unpaid leave for a while, and some nothing.

The company offered 1 week off and that is fair enough. Taking holiday time off after that is reasonable. Paid holiday is not just to go on holiday, but any time off at the request of the employee.

I hope your medication will adjust soon and things will be able to go back to normal.

Undervalued

FBaby wrote: »

You can't claim sickness benefits for looking after someone who is sick. Some company offer paid leave for a limited time, some offer unpaid leave for a while, and some nothing.

The company offered 1 week off and that is fair enough. Taking holiday time off after that is reasonable. Paid holiday is not just to go on holiday, but any time off at the request of the employee.

I hope your medication will adjust soon and things will be able to go back to normal.

The law requires them to grant "short" periods of unpaid leave for family "emergencies". Neither of those terms are actually defined but the normal interpretation, which has been upheld by the courts is the minimum time necessary to arrange for care, not time off to do the caring yourself.