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Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

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GHOSTman
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Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by GHOSTman »

A quick one, just checking. I've been paid the christmas bonus even though i'm currently on sick leave. is this right?
norbert
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by norbert »

might be out of date ? - depends what the percentage of days off is - RM may want it back
GHOSTman
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by GHOSTman »

this is what i'm wondering. i've been off now for a few weeks and haven't worked at all over the christmas pressure period. I thought you had to be in work to get the bonus.
smelly_cat_lady
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by smelly_cat_lady »

I am pretty certain that you can't win if you're not in it, so to speak. Guarenteed RM will claw it back in the New Year. Am also expecting a day to be deducted because I didn't make it into work yesterday. Come on, what else did you expect from RM ??
coxie
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by coxie »

you might be lucky enough to get away with it, i got it last year while on sick and they never took it back so you might get lucky
gj1023
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by gj1023 »

I have been off sick, the last three months and got the bonus this week. Mind you I am off because of my disablity , so covered under the DDA .
GHOSTman
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by GHOSTman »

coxie wrote:you might be lucky enough to get away with it, i got it last year while on sick and they never took it back so you might get lucky
well i'll just keep quiet then and hope for the best. If they do take it back at least it won't be as bad as when they took back over £500 each off about 40 of us due to them mistakenly paying us allowances that they later said we shouldn't have got. :arrrghhh
Sick Postie
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by Sick Postie »

I got the bonus a few years back when I had been off for 2 months, I think if you are on full sick pay you still get the bonus.
postie09
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Re: Am I entitled to Christmas bonus while on sick leave?

Post by postie09 »

i got it and im suspended so i wouldn't worry about it when sick