Sick during Annual Leave was "Hassle over sick certificate"

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It just seems that Gabriel attacked kiwi for even suggesting such a thing, without having anything to back up his comment.
 
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It just seems that Gabriel attacked kiwi for even suggesting such a thing, without having anything to back up his comment
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Agreed - and its those employers that lose excellent staff. i would get the days back too.
 
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kiwifruit, congrats on the birth of your baby,hope everything works out for the best, no pun intended.
 
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thanks again to all for the encouraging words..im looking forward to using my weeks holidays again in August sometime....
cheers
 
My company also allow you to off-set sick days against annual leave, which is quite good; not that I ever needed to. On the other hand, I do think that it is a bit bizarre that legislation allows for this, I mean it is a bit unfair on the employer. The other thing, not all companies give sick pay
 
If you where to go sick say for a week when you where thinking of taking holidays then it would even things off. Do you get paid for been sick ,But you seemed to have had bad luck which is not your jobs fault, you where still at home with your family which was the reason you wanted time off, are you not entitled to leave or birth of you child, alot of places you can get 3 days off for a childs birth
 
I had a builder due out to my house last week to do a job which should have taken Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. His quote was for €2400 -labour only.

He rang on Monday to say he was sick and couldn't do the work. But as he had planned to work for me for those days, he has decided to charge me anyway.

He is on holidays this week, and surely I can't expect him to take time out of his holidays to do the work he was supposed to do last week?

Brendan
 
A friend of mine had an appointment with her doctor. She arrived with some minutes to spare but when she was parking her car she accidentally reversed into another car. After writing out her details and leaving a note for the owner of the other car she made her way to the doctors surgery.

The receptionist in the surgery advised her she was ten minutes late for her appointment and could not be seen.

She was charged the standard fee of 50e as this is the surgerys policy for 'no shows'.


Surely organisations and companies cover themselves for sick leave to some extent like the above surgery and by the same token surely employees should be allowed annual leave as well as sick leave.
 
Brendan said:
I had a builder due out to my house last week to do a job which should have taken Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. His quote was for €2400 -labour only.

He rang on Monday to say he was sick and couldn't do the work. But as he had planned to work for me for those days, he has decided to charge me anyway.

He is on holidays this week, and surely I can't expect him to take time out of his holidays to do the work he was supposed to do last week?
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There is no comparison in many, many ways between the employer/employee relationship and the contractor relationship.
 
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whistler said:
It just seems that Gabriel attacked kiwi for even suggesting such a thing, without having anything to back up his comment.
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Whistler...Sammie...you're both fired!! :)

As stated I stand corrected on the legal aspects of the original query.

I also stand by my original comments. The law might be on the op's side in this instance...but then the law is sometimes wrong.
 
Damn!

I have just had a fax from him this morning. It's in Greek, but apparently it's a doctors note. He is not well on his holidays and the cert is for four days. Apparently, I have to pay for this as well.

Let's be fair though. We don't actually expect the poor builder to forgo his holidays because he is sick? Surely it's only fair that I pay it?

So that's €4,800 it's costing me so far, and not a brick laid.

Brendan
 
Just checked and it's the law. If it's the law, it must be fair. Aren't all laws fair?

Apparently, the Protection of the Employment Rights of Self-employed Builders (Who Were Employed By Grasping Employers) Act (1874) is still valid in Ireland as it has not been repealed.

If the client's income exceeds £10/15/6 per annum, they must protect the builder against any loss of income due to sickness. Does anyone know if this income limit has been increased?

Brendan
 
PM1234 said:
The receptionist in the surgery advised her she was ten minutes late for her appointment and could not be seen.

She was charged the standard fee of 50e as this is the surgerys policy for 'no shows'.
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I hope your friend will take her business elsewhere and encourage others to do so also?
 
PM1234 said:
The receptionist in the surgery advised her she was ten minutes late for her appointment and could not be seen.

She was charged the standard fee of 50e as this is the surgerys policy for 'no shows'.
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And I suppose if she arrived and had to wait for 45 mins, the surgery would discount her invoice ?
I would not have accepted this from anyone working in the medical profession, where you are often left to wait over an hour for private consultations, and then charged over Eur 100 for your 10 mins....
 
jrewing said:
And I suppose if she arrived and had to wait for 45 mins, the surgery would discount her invoice ?
I would not have accepted this from anyone working in the medical profession, where you are often left to wait over an hour for private consultations, and then charged over Eur 100 for your 10 mins....
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My dentist tried this on me once I and I refused to pay it as I'm often waiting 10-20mins before an appointment.
 
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