sick days

[TA Postie]

can someone explain the situation with sick, i.e how many you can take before a stage warning. took a couple of days last week, and only now has my dom came up to me and said i could be looking at a stage 1

[fishtank]

Attendance may be regarded as warranting formal action if an employee who is on trial has:

Stage 1: 2 absences or 7 days in a 6 month period
Stage 2: 1 absence in the next 2 months
Stage 3: 1 absence in the next 2 months
No triallist should have his/her appointment confirmed whilst under this procedure.

2. MINIMUM NATIONAL ATTENDANCE STANDARDS - EMPLOYEES NOT ON TRIAL
Employees who have successfully completed their trial period are still required to maintain a high standard of attendance. Attendance may be regarded as warranting formal action if an employee who is not on trial has:

Stage 1: 4 absences or 14 days in a 12 month period
Stage 2: 2 absences or 10 days in any 6 month period during the next 12 months
Stage 3: 2 absences or 10 days in any 6 month period during the next 12 months
In deciding whether these standards are met for employees whose trial was recently confirmed, attendance during the whole of employment is considered, not jut from the date trial is confirmed. An employee whose trial has been confirmed following an improvement to the required triallist standard will be put back to the previous stage of the Attendance Procedure but the criteria appropriate to a non-triallist will then apply.

[Acca Dacca]

Whats the whole '2 absences or 7 days' thing all about? Sorry if I sound stupid.

Does that mean 2 days off on two different occasions or a week off with the one problem?

[OnAFlyer]

Whats the whole '2 absences or 7 days' thing all about? Sorry if I sound stupid.

When a triallist, If you're off twice in a 6 month period (even if it's one day each time), or for one abscence of 7 days or more you'll get a stage 1.

If you're not a triallist then it's 4 abscences or 14 days. It's generally pretty easy to avoid stages, but the system fails when people have genuine long term abscences as they are almost always given stages regardless of what was wrong with them.

[Acca Dacca]

I've had one day off so far. Trial finishes in 7 weeks time ( though DOM said its end of March - never said its been extended just said end of march when I said feb once and end of feb would be right if I joined end of August unless theres some smallprint I havent read ) so better hope I dont fall ill or fall on my arse with these bastardin conditons!