Moving House OH Been refused time off...!!

Captain_Mainwaring_2

confused31 wrote: »

turn it in you boring prxc:pk

I'll take that as meaning that you don't have the constitution or the determination to continue.

Run a cloth over the car would you? There's a good chap.

izzybusy23

confused31 wrote: »

You wanna be careful mate if youve got employees you need to look at the law, you might end up in court yourself facing a tribunal, treat workers as they should be, theres always a solicitor ready to take cases for workers whos employers have not followed employment law.

I dont know how big your company is but a big tribunal case could finish you off.

Some people on here are unbelievable, i was giving him an option that he could use, his employers sound like txxts so why not use the law to get the time off.

The only people who would say dont use it are those who are obviously employers or in management roles, get in the real world.

Do you honestly believe the HR department never got the message? or do you think has i do they chose not to act on the message?


confused

Get this!! I work for the government and we are allowed 5 paid parental leave days a year. My daughter was ill last year when I had already used my leave to get married, and I had to GROVEL to get a day off to look after her. I even requested the day unpaid, but I was made to feel like a 5 year old naughty child. I also know the 13 week law you are on about as my last company heeded to it, but the government claim that they do not allow this????

Employers really do not like the fact that parents with children under 5 'get' 13 weeks additional leave... whether its the law or not. At my last employment when I pointed this out, my manager basically called me a liar saying he had never heard of such a thing until I got the HR department to confirm it. He shook his head in utter disbelief.

I can see what you trying to point out.. unfortunately childless people or those who do not fall into this category will not look at it favourably.

izzybusy23

Captain_Mainwaring wrote: »

I'll take that as meaning that you don't have the constitution or the determination to continue.

Run a cloth over the car would you? There's a good chap.

Why the sarcasm?? He was only pointing out the LAW.

I guess if you were a woman with a child under 5 then you would be praising this piece of leglislation. Do you think its right then that parents have to use up annual leave to look after their sick / injured child and be left with no leave to use to take a break from work? Like confused said, that piece of leglislation is there to be used so people will use it. Tough if the likes of you don't like it and as previously mentioned, if you are an employer then you would find yourself in court should you not allow it under a reasonable request. You cannot refuse this leave unless it would severely impact on the business and then you have to give good cause for it.

lostinrates

Gosh, some heated respnces eh?

I think it depends on whther you planned to move yourself or use a removal company.

If using a removals company I would think it overcautious to need both adults there, children notwithstanding.

Our moves have all been handled by one or t'other of us, EXCEPT when I rove a load of stuff into Europe and I was very worried about dealing with the cats in transit, the paerwork etc etc and dealing with a 16 hour drive, so DH took the time off work too. His office made it car that if he were needed we would have to reschedule.

flower_72

izzybusy23 wrote: »

if you are an employer then you would find yourself in court should you not allow it under a reasonable request.

You've said it yourself Confused suggested to call upon the fact that the OP had children to force the employer to give time off for the move.
Most of us have said, this is not reasonable. Would you agree?

The problem between the OP's husband and his employer has nothing to do with the law on parental leave or emergency leave. That's my view and that of many others. It seems it was the view of the employer too.

Captain_Mainwaring_2

izzybusy23 wrote: »

Why the sarcasm?? He was only pointing out the LAW.

I guess if you were a woman with a child under 5 then you would be praising this piece of leglislation. Do you think its right then that parents have to use up annual leave to look after their sick / injured child and be left with no leave to use to take a break from work? Like confused said, that piece of leglislation is there to be used so people will use it. Tough if the likes of you don't like it and as previously mentioned, if you are an employer then you would find yourself in court should you not allow it under a reasonable request. You cannot refuse this leave unless it would severely impact on the business and then you have to give good cause for it.

We used to manage quite well without all this nampy-pampy pap.

Tell me, is the OP's kiddy sick? No? so what is the issue?

Why is everyone always looking for someone else to blame for their own failure/lack of planning?

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Captain_Mainwaring wrote: »

Tell me, is the OP's kiddy sick? No? so what is the issue?

Read the OP, she has 2 babies and one 6 year old.

Captain_Mainwaring wrote: »

Why is everyone always looking for someone else to blame for their own failure/lack of planning?

Again, read the OP. It reads: 'OH rang his work on Monday to let them know he would need Fri and Sat off. Bit short notice but we only had the date confirmed on Monday'.

Captain_Mainwaring_2

Van1971 wrote: »

Read the OP, she has 2 babies and one 6 year old.



Again, read the OP. It reads: 'OH rang his work on Monday to let them know he would need Fri and Sat off. Bit short notice but we only had the date confirmed on Monday'.

Whaddya want me to do, breast feed them for her?

Or perhaps now you want the guy's boss to lay on a creche -

What is it about the UK now where we expect someone else to take the can for our actions or lack of them.

confused31_2

Lets go back to the original post, the lady asked if her husband could have the time off as parental leave, the simple anwer is yes, whether people dont like it or not the simple answer to the ORIGINAL POST IS "YES".

Whether the captain and his friends dont like it that is up to them, all i done was reply to the first post with an answer and what the law states.

I didnt make the law up myself but i will use it, and its there for everyone else to use aswell.

If the captain dont like the law i suggest he takes it up with Gordon Brown.

confused

Captain_Mainwaring_2

I gotta betta idea - YOU phone his boss, and YOU shout him down and demand his rights, and when he has got the boot, YOU take him down the DSS and then down the job centre.

Seems like a few people have got their ambitions mixed up with their capabilities.