" personal reasons"

[jose]

Quick question. As a employer are you allowed to enquire/ ask generally about it?

Got a message at 6am saying can't come in for personal reasons.

 

Not heard anything since.

 

Does a employer have any rights or do they just have to accept it at face value?

 

Coincidentally a rugby fan the day after a big game claims a personal day.

 

Anyone know the rules?

Cheers

 

 

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[Stubby]

Quick question. As a employer are you allowed to enquire

 

Coincidentally a rugby fan the day after a big game claims a personal day.

 

Anyone know the rules?

Cheers

 

 

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Yes . You can only pass backwards . You can kick forward but you must be behind the kicker as he kicks it to be " on side " .

[stihlmadasever]

Quick question. As a employer are you allowed to enquire/ ask generally about it?

Got a message at 6am saying can't come in for personal reasons.

 

Not heard anything since.

 

Does a employer have any rights or do they just have to accept it at face value?

 

Coincidentally a rugby fan the day after a big game claims a personal day.

 

Anyone know the rules?

Cheers

 

 

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Was it a phone call or a phone message left for you or a text?

I dont think there are legal constraints here but as an employer id say its pefectly within your rights to TACTFULLY ask said employee why they were off work.

If it was a text message then all bets are off cause thats shite and i absolutly hate sicky texts.

I find if your gut is telling you the employee was at the rugby got pissed and took a cheeky wee sicky usually the gut is right.

Have a word and repremand as necessary.

[Tommy_B]

Are they a good employee and have they let you down before?

[Shane]

Send a text back saying

'Dont need you for the rest of your career - for personal reasons'

[Midge]

Yes . You can only pass backwards . You can kick forward but you must be behind the kicker as he kicks it to be " on side " .

 

Really!?

 

Didn't know about the off side rule but I don't follow rugby either.

[inthewoods]

Start doing return to work interviews for any unauthorised absences for all staff, then you can bring it up then & then decide whether it's genuine or to take it as unpaid or holiday. It can help to cut down on sickies because they don't want to be accountable for their absence, unless it's genuine. Mark every absence on your calendar & you may star to see a pattern!

[Shane]

Start doing return to work interviews for any unauthorised absences for all staff, then you can bring it up then & then decide whether it's genuine or to take it as unpaid or holiday. It can help to cut down on sickies because they don't want to be accountable for their absence, unless it's genuine. Mark every absence on your calendar & you may star to see a pattern!

 

We did this a while back and found that no less than 40% of sickies were on Monday or a Friday:thumbdown:

[tommy w]

We did this a while back and found that no less than 40% of sickies were on Monday or a Friday:thumbdown:

 

So 40% of sick days were taken during 40% of the working week?

 

I'm not sure what that tells us!

[Stubby]

We did this a while back and found that no less than 40% of sickies were on Monday or a Friday:thumbdown:

 

Very infectious days , Monday and Friday .