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Asking sick employee to come in
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| Asking sick employee to come in | Nea | 13 Dec 07 |
| Re: Asking sick employee to come in | jeremy | 14 Dec 07 |
| Re: Asking sick employee to come in | Nea | 14 Dec 07 |
| Re: Asking sick employee to come in | Andrew Southwell | 14 Dec 07 |
| Re: Asking sick employee to come in | Ron Tocknell | 6 Jun 08 |
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| Asking sick employee to come in | Nea | 13/12/2007 15:02 | |
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It has been the case recently that 1 employee phoned in sick and another 1 who was off with a GP's line, (both genuine cases) were contacted by the HR manager and asked to come in "because there was no cover". Is there any position on this? Both employees feel that they should not have been contacted like this and presurrised after it was established they were unwell enough to come in first place. The onus isn't on the staff to find their own cover, it is the HR department. Your thoughts please? Thanks in advance. |
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| + Re: Asking sick employee to come in | jeremy | 14/12/2007 05:44 | |
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If someone calls in sick then they are saying that they are not well enough to work and shouldn't be contacted by work unless emergency. I have a good relationship with my line manager in this regard and if I was called and asked would be ok to explain. Getting an HR manager to call is suspicious. I would instantly think I was not trusted, and I would feel resentful. I was called on a day off with serious flu by a manager on a pretext. He called me when I had gathered myself togo to cafe downstairs from me to get some food as I had run out then when I returned talked loudly about 'my christmas shopping' - he got disciplined for this for both calling me at home and the idiot behaviour on my return.
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| ++ Re: Asking sick employee to come in | Nea | 14/12/2007 11:52 | |
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Hi Jeremy, thanks for the reply. In both cases, it was not a matter of suspicion that they were unwell (this didn't come into question) but basically a case of the HR manager having no suitable/adequate contingency plan for cover in the absence of either of these staff. Are they within their rights to ask that this doesn't happen again? As aforementioned, it is not their responsibilty to ensure cover.
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| +++ Re: Asking sick employee to come in | Andrew Southwell | 14/12/2007 16:13 | andrew@ appartnership co uk |
| If any employees were off for genuine reasons, then it was not appropriate for the manager to ask them to come in. | |||
| ++++ Re: Asking sick employee to come in | Ron Tocknell | 06/06/2008 02:18 | |
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"Are they within their rights to ask that this doesn't happen again? As aforementioned, it is not their responsibilty to ensure cover." Of course. An employee has the right to request to be treated with respect, civility and consideration. However, although the HR were out of order, I wouldn't think this is worth taking issue with. If they were penalised for not going in or threatened with disciplinary procedures then there would be a case to answer. As this doesn't appear to be the case, the best way forward is to shrug it off and get on with life in general. |
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