What are the rules regarding being sick and working from home?
February 25th, 2009
Michelle asked:
I was taken ill 7 wks ago with voice loss. Signed off from work initially for 2 wks. Unfortunately i didnt recover so my Doctor told me that I couldnt go to work. He relented and allowed me to work from home providing I didnt speak.
When I asked for a sick note I was told that either I was working from home and not counted as sick or if I was given a sick note then I wouldnt be allowed to do any work. So it was agreed with my boss that I would work from home until recovered. Now a 2nd Dr. has signed me off work to rest for 1 wk - no work! Boss today told me that company sick pay is 12 wks which they will be backdating it to 1st Feb & whch gives me a further 7 wks in which to recover before I have to go onto statatory sick pay. It seems unfair that they can backdate the sick pay and void all the work I have done and in effect take away 5 wks worth of sick pay that I might need. Can they do this?
Sara
I was taken ill 7 wks ago with voice loss. Signed off from work initially for 2 wks. Unfortunately i didnt recover so my Doctor told me that I couldnt go to work. He relented and allowed me to work from home providing I didnt speak.
When I asked for a sick note I was told that either I was working from home and not counted as sick or if I was given a sick note then I wouldnt be allowed to do any work. So it was agreed with my boss that I would work from home until recovered. Now a 2nd Dr. has signed me off work to rest for 1 wk - no work! Boss today told me that company sick pay is 12 wks which they will be backdating it to 1st Feb & whch gives me a further 7 wks in which to recover before I have to go onto statatory sick pay. It seems unfair that they can backdate the sick pay and void all the work I have done and in effect take away 5 wks worth of sick pay that I might need. Can they do this?
Sara
