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Staying off looking after sick children
All the staff at my work who have children have just had a meeting with the director.She has decided that if are children are ill we now have to use our holiday days.I only get 16 a year and 3 of those i have to take at christmas.Can she make me take my holiday? She doesn't pay us if we are off anyway.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If your children were born after november 2001, there is an entitlement to "parental leave" for family emergencies (when a kid is sick is a good example) which is unpaid, though is limited to, i think, 5 weeks in the first 16 yrs or something (the CAB will have exact details, as will the DWP) os it shouldn't be used lightly.
Be fair though, if your kids are ill that is not her problem -it's yours. You made the choice to have kids and decided to work. Why should it affect anyone but you if there is a problem with your kids?
Everyone is entitled to 20 days holiday a year, though for many people, the 8 bank hols that are included within that mean 12 normal days is their lot.
Meant to add that as someone said already if yopur children were born after nov 2001 you are entitled to 13 weeks off ( unpaid ) for holidays / emergencies / sick children etc but you are supposed to give notice if possible. Also you can't take all of that at once I believe the max at one time is 2 weeks, but if you go to www.tiger.gov.uk or www.maternityalliance.org.uk or www.acas.org.uk thay should be able to help.
Good Luck.
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