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red72
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Accident off duty

Post by red72 »

Hi , I am in need of some advice regarding an accident off duty i had yesterday whilst playing 5 a side , i broke my wrist and am led to believe i will be on the sick for a few weeks . I have been told by different mates at work everything from ''i will be on full pay til i go back'' to the opposite end of the scale that
'' I will only get 4 weeks full pay as its an accident off duty'' can anyone shed any light on this ? Thanks in advance red72
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Re: Accident off duty

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If you are a long term full timer you'll be on full pay, not sure how that works for new starters anymore though :hmmmm You will trigger a Stage for being off, I broke my arm in a fall at home a few years ago and got a Stage 1 for it.
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Re: Accident off duty

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Stormproof wrote:If you are a long term full timer you'll be on full pay, not sure how that works for new starters anymore though :hmmmm You will trigger a Stage for being off, I broke my arm in a fall at home a few years ago and got a Stage 1 for it.
Was that back in the day when you could still get a stage 1 :wink: unlike now when you seem to spend your entire time on a stage 3 :nervous
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Re: Accident off duty

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DGP1 wrote:
Stormproof wrote:If you are a long term full timer you'll be on full pay, not sure how that works for new starters anymore though :hmmmm You will trigger a Stage for being off, I broke my arm in a fall at home a few years ago and got a Stage 1 for it.
Was that back in the day when you could still get a stage 1 :wink: unlike now when you seem to spend your entire time on a stage 3 :nervous
I was going to add that it has been all down hill since the Stage 1 but did'nt want to worry the OP :left:
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
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Re: Accident off duty

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Stormproof wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
Stormproof wrote:If you are a long term full timer you'll be on full pay, not sure how that works for new starters anymore though :hmmmm You will trigger a Stage for being off, I broke my arm in a fall at home a few years ago and got a Stage 1 for it.
Was that back in the day when you could still get a stage 1 :wink: unlike now when you seem to spend your entire time on a stage 3 :nervous
I was going to add that it has been all down hill since the Stage 1 :left:
1-2-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 :wave
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Re: Accident off duty

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i would have gone into work and pretended i slipped or tripped on something at work
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Re: Accident off duty

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coxie wrote:i would have gone into work and pretended i slipped or tripped on something at work
Don't worry about that, they would still give you a Stage for an AOD :crazy:
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coxie
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Re: Accident off duty

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yeah i know but if it added up eventually to a stage 3 then they would probably have to overlook it
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Re: Accident off duty

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Stormproof wrote:If you are a long term full timer you'll be on full pay, not sure how that works for new starters anymore though :hmmmm You will trigger a Stage for being off, I broke my arm in a fall at home a few years ago and got a Stage 1 for it.
Been with RM for 20yrs :crazy: and not on any stage.
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Re: Accident off duty

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it doesnt matter why how where or when you got injured or sick, you are entitled to 6months full pay before you would then go down to half pay, my guess is your manager is saying its 4 weeks because it wants you back asap but thats not true. My mate broke his leg playing football for our sunday team and he had 4 months off work full pay and then light duties for another 6 weeks when he returned.
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Re: Accident off duty

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coxie wrote:it doesnt matter why how where or when you got injured or sick, you are entitled to 6months full pay before you would then go down to half pay, my guess is your manager is saying its 4 weeks because it wants you back asap but thats not true. My mate broke his leg playing football for our sunday team and he had 4 months off work full pay and then light duties for another 6 weeks when he returned.
Nice 1 Thanks guys