hospital appointments

[packpack]

I have a couple of hospital outpatient appointments due. My manager wants to swop my days off to coincide with my hospital dates.
Is he allowed to do this? Thanks for your help.

[CLINTEASTWOOD]

yes.

[bluealbert]

Yes in our office as well.

[Pinky 1]

From the Other Time Off (Special leave) Guide :

A supportive approach should be taken when an employee has regular medical treatment or hospital appointments. Attempts should be made to arrange appointments outside of their working hours. If this is not possible then the manager should talk to the employee to discuss options which would allow them to meet the commitment, and take into account the impact on the business and our customers.
 The employee should provide their manager with confirmation of the appointment from their doctor or the hospital
 Consideration could be given to arranging changes to working hours where possible
 Paid time off could be granted where it is not possible to change working hours
 Requests for additional time off should be treated sympathetically bearing in mind that a stoppage of pay may add to the stress of having to attend hospital for treatment or for hospital appointments
 Absences should not count towards the Attendance Procedure

[paulthepostie]

Sorry for invading this topic but would this mean that the banking of hours that keeps being mentioned on this forum come into play?. When i say this i mean for example, you owe them the hours back that you are away for?.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Sorry for invading this topic but would this mean that the banking of hours that keeps being mentioned on this forum come into play?. When i say this i mean for example, you owe them the hours back that you are away for?.

No. You don't owe them hours, in fact following the rules they could if they wished allow you to keep your days off as they are, but not pay you for the outpatient visits, when your absent.

To be honest I would prefer the change of day offs as if the medical reason is stressful, and then worrying about not being paid, or rushing round to get finished in time for the appointment it would all just add up. However, if you wish to insist that you work a part day, go for the appointment and lose money but not the day off then I suggest applying for Special Leave.

[paulthepostie]

Sorry for invading this topic but would this mean that the banking of hours that keeps being mentioned on this forum come into play?. When i say this i mean for example, you owe them the hours back that you are away for?.

No. You don't owe them hours, in fact following the rules they could if they wished allow you to keep your days off as they are, but not pay you for the outpatient visits, when your absent.

To be honest I would prefer the change of day offs as if the medical reason is stressful, and then worrying about not being paid, or rushing round to get finished in time for the appointment it would all just add up. However, if you wish to insist that you work a part day, go for the appointment and lose money but not the day off then I suggest applying for Special Leave.

Ok that's handy to know. Thank you for replying!.

[packpack]

many thanks for your replies