work help: Does anyone know the laws re sickness for Scotland. - Help.com



This post left anonymously

Does anyone know the laws re sickness for Scotland.

I was off sick last week for 1 day (went home early) and even though my boss saw me running to the loo over and over again he is insisting that i detail my sickness for our ‘filing’! He is the buisness owner and I am the only employee. I feel uncomfortable detailing the finer details, surely he does not have to insist on this?

This open post was written 4 weeks, 1 day ago | V/U/S: 65, 3, 4 | Edit Post | Leave a reply | Report Post


Reciprocity (0) Reciprocation Failure -- The poster has NOT helped anyone else yet!

Since writing this post Anonymous may have helped people, but has not within the last 4 days.

Post Tags (3)

sickness, work, Scotland (How Tags Affect Reciprocity)

Replies (3)

Where were you?

Click and drag to move the map around. FAQ: How we place people on this map »
You can also watch events on Help.com as they happen
Mouse over the map for 2 seconds to see an expanded, interactive view

courtybubble offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 183 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks, 1 day ago (10 minutes after post)

O_o he probably means a medical certificate from the doctor for the records is all.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
Help me with: Sooooo I was out running with my hellhound, and bent down to pick up her ball….and BOOMCRACKPOPOUCH went something in my back D’:
Anonymous #
4 weeks, 1 day ago (43 minutes after post)

You just need to write down that you felt ill at such and such a time… you spent however long vomiting or whatever before going home at whatever time… don’t think that is unreasonable…. he’s just making sure his paperwork is in order.

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators
mumstheword offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 21 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks, 1 day ago (1 hour, 40 minutes after post)

Your boss is obliged to keep certain records in case of ill health amongst his employees.

You were at work when you fell ill. So he has to record that to comply with health and safety and sickness contribution paperwork.

You don’t need to provide a sickness certificate until the third day off work (and in fact your doctor won’t give you one until then anyway). But you must “self-certificate” for short term illness. Usually, if you are at home and not well enough to go in, this means making a phone call into work and informing them what’s wrong and when you think you might be well enough to go in… some bosses don’t bother recording it formally but that is not in your interest. If it turned out you needed sick pay, then if it WASN’T properly recorded, you could end up losing some!

Be glad that your boss wants to do things properly! He’s not being pernickity, he’s doing the right thing.

You do NOT have to disclose any intimate personal details about your health. All you need to give as an explanation for your absence for him to write down is “vomitting” or “stomach upset and sickness”.

Another aspect of this is that employers have been warned to be exceptionally vigilant with the health of their staff right now for very good reason. Not only do we have swine flu to contend with but a surge in things like e-coli and norovirus. Imagine the scenario if you had had a case of food poisoning as a result of eating a works canteen sandwich and your boss had been the sort to NOT want your sickness recorded?

If you want more information about statutory sick pay conditions for Scotland, you can go to this link:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/scotlan…

hope you are now feeling much better x

Quote this reply Report this reply to moderators

Invite Others to Help

A logged in and verified Help.com member has the ability to setup a Friends List and invite others to help with posts.