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jobbingmusician wrote: »

Yes, I see your point. So the OP should have taken a day's emergency leave when her daughter was ill, in order to arrange care for any subsequent illness. Yes, I know it's difficult, but that's the only way employers can cope. It's not possible to run a business (I imagine) or a charity (I know) if people suddenly go off for days or weeks at a time because kids are ill. (And BTW, I find that this always seems to fall to the mothers. It would halve the problem of excessive leave or at least spread it around more if fathers started doing their share!)

Yes it is difficult especially for those that don't have available help, however I appreciate this is not the employers fault. Its why my employer stopped allowing holidays for when kids are sick as it was deemed unfair as was only given to those with kids (again a valid point).

So whilst I agree it was wrong for the OP to be 'sick' when her child was, with no right to time off yourself and no available family/friends to help what are people suppose to do? Paid childcare will not take sick children.