Ill and worried about financials

dreamtruce

I'm a little worried about my work and the money.
I left early on Thursday and didn't go on Friday as I had a very upset stomach and a painful earache on Friday. I loose £57 a day but I'm worried the my ear infection won't get better for Monday...its super painful and I'm in tears all day on Saturday. I've taken normal pain killers and cocodemols but nothing is touching the pain at all. I also haven't got much sleep over this weekend so far and didn't want to return to work if it is still this painful (I work in childcare) . The doctor said I could sign myself off for 7 days but id still loose money ....

What do I do?

Torry_Quine

Only you can decide on Monday if you are well enough to work but you have two days until then and hopefully you will be improving by then. If it's an infection then the doctor is the best person to know how the illness will progress. If you are paying NI then you will at the least be eligible or SSP.

I hope you soon feel better.

dreamtruce

I don't get ssp

[Deleted User]

Go to a walk in centre, if you are kept awake if you start out early morning you can get to one early and avoid queuing, that's who offered me a fit note when I had infection couple of weeks ago. I also found a chemist that processed the prescription on a Sunday so I could get it to kick in asapp, my only motivator to going to work was knowing how short staffed we were and being brutal if I could drive for help I probably could work. (That said I only had to answer calls with an inflamed foot if I'd had a sore throat for talking in reality I may have been different)

Otherwise I did have an off sick colleague on a note who returned after some weeks away, they said, when they thought about it it actually made more financial sense to get half shifts out of our employer rather then be of completely any longer.

Are they the type to agree to holiday quickly?

Take care x

dreamtruce

I highly doubt that the company can is holiday.
They counted a week that I was off following hospital orders as illness.

Yeah I did go to the emergency appointments yesterday. If I'm honest the pain is getting worse. I have only had an hour sleep tonight so far I even took a boots sleeping tablet

ohreally

dreamtruce wrote: »

I don't get ssp

Why not?...

dreamtruce

I don't know . I know I loose money for sickness.
How do I find out why?

dreamtruce

This is what it says on my payslip

sangie595

That's because you had only one day off. For SSP you don't get anything for the first three days.

dreamtruce

Oh I see . Thank you

jackieblack

Deleted%20User wrote: »

Go to a walk in centre, if you are kept awake if you start out early morning you can get to one early and avoid queuing,

This ^^^^^^^^