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25/10/2021 at 10:27am
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I would have thought yes.
If your doctor deems you unfit for work you should be able to receive a sick note.
Always keep your union, and the school, informed of what is happening.
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14/11/2021 at 6:49pm
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There seems to be a shortage of many skills these days - have a look around and see if any other schools have vacancies. I spent too many years stuck in a job that made me unhappy. If I’d know then what I know now I’d have cut and run.
Who needs the hassle. Sod ‘em if they don’t appreciate you now they never will so just try to move on to another more satisfactory post.
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As each case is different it’s hard to give exact advice and agree that getting the Union involved is paramount but when I was in a similar situation I found ACAS extremely helpful. They give impartial advice over the phone to employees as well as employers.
I also used the hours free legal advice with my bank account, which many insurance policies etc also offer, which I used. They can’t do a great deal in an hour but if you have the facts and your questions clear and concise in your head or written down when you phone them they can give you very basic advice which can be helpful.
However if I have one piece of advice it is to keep a dairy of your grievances and a detailed written record of meetings, phone calls etc with your employer and if necessary get them witnessed by another person. This will help with your case a lot if it comes to disciplinary action or a tribunal. Just as an example one of the things that helped my case was that my employer had failed to give me an annual appraisal for 3 years even though they should have been done every year.
I didn’t ‘win’ in the end in that I still lost my job as my sick record was very bad but I did get early medical retirement which was worth quite a lot as I had a final salary pension. I was also allowed to work afterwards so long as it wasn’t in the same or a similar job which took a huge weight off my shoulders and let me move on with my life.
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Yes I agree Kate it is much more difficult in your position. I was never in that position though, except maybe when I was a train driver. Having been employed when it was British Rail I was protected staff, and train drivers rate was train drivers rate right across the country. That all changed when it got privatised, which meant that people were coming in to the new company, doing the same job as me but for less money and on worse conditions. Although they couldn't touch my pay and conditions things were steadily getting worse for all of us so when they offered me early retirement I got out. Didn't actually retire completely then though, I had my small railway pension and free travel facilities and I took on 3 part time jobs. Less money but I was happier.
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Topic: Grievance at work
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