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If you are off sick for 1 day for example does your employer have the right to insist on a doctor's note?
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∙ 14y ago
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Well, Last Saturday I had a day of from work I phoned in 2 hours prior to my shift starting and explained i wasn't going to be in that day due to illness but told my boss I would definitely be back to work on the Monday morning.
This is where my problems start.
I went into work bright and early on the Monday morning, and saw that he had crossed all of my shifts of the rota for the entire week. So, I went to start my work and saw him, he confronted me and asked where i was on Saturday, i told him i phoned in sick and asked him if he ever got my message. He did not tell me whether or not he had got the message that day.
He told me that he had put me on the sick for two weeks and that i needed to go home and get a doctors note (although I never saw the doctor on that Saturday).
However I managed to get a note from the doctor from my previous visit, but the doctor explained that by law a person needs to have seven or more days off in a row from work before a doctor can write a letter. I had to pay £10 for a private letter.
He told me if this was to happen again i may be in the firing line! Despite only having the ONE day off. I was never told this when i started my job.
Therefore i was just wondering other people's opinions on this, Is he allowed to put me on the sick? Is he allowed to ask for a doctors note? Is he allowed to fire me? What Is the UK law on this? What are my rights as a worker?
Thankyou...
Wiki User
∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agoYour employer can do anything he/she wants, unless you are protected by a union contract or other contract.
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