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bad cold

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dohnut
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bad cold

Post by dohnut »

Have had a 'really' bad cold last week and had a couple of days of, am supposed to be back tommorow but still feel like crap, if I am off will that count as another week?, and do I need a doctors note?
Indy
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Re: bad cold

Post by Indy »

dohnut wrote:Have had a 'really' bad cold last week and had a couple of days of, am supposed to be back tommorow but still feel like crap, if I am off will that count as another week?, and do I need a doctors note?
Yup you'll need a doctors note. It won't count as a full week unless you take a full week off!

Edit: Sorry I didn't quite read that correctly... tot up the total number of days you've had off sick to see if you need a doctors note... simply going into another week won't trigger it.
Last edited by Indy on 21 Nov 2010, 11:36, edited 1 time in total.
fishtank
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Re: bad cold

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dohnut wrote:Have had a 'really' bad cold last week and had a couple of days of, am supposed to be back tommorow but still feel like crap, if I am off will that count as another week?, and do I need a doctors note?
It depends when you went off.
You can self-certificate for 7 days so if you went off on wednesday last week you will need a GP fit-note after tuesday this week...it doesn't matter that they are 2 separate weeks.
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