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Personal day

  • 22-02-2015 9:43pm
    #1
    freckly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Looking for information about a personal day at second level? I have the wedding of a close friend in 2 months. Can I be refused a personal day and be asked to go to the afters only? Is a personal day unpaid even when we have a system of staff covering for each other? I can only find unpaid leave on the ASTI website. Is that for one day only or prolonged periods of leave?


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  • #2
    wingnut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭wingnut


    http://www.asti.ie/pay-and-conditions/leave/casual-personal-leave/

    Generally you will have to get colleagues to cover your classes as substitute cover is not provided for such days.


  • #3
    freckly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭freckly


    Thanks! Don't know how I missed that. Hope my brain wakes up before tomorrow morning


  • #4
    happywithlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭happywithlife


    Think it must be sanctioned by the BOM so get your request in in plenty of time. They could refuse it in theory but generally it's just a formality in my experience.


  • #5
    solerina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭solerina


    happywithlife wrote: »
    Think it must be sanctioned by the BOM so get your request in in plenty of time. They could refuse it in theory but generally it's just a formality in my experience.


    That depends on the school, we never have to get agreement, we just ask/tell the principal and make sure all our classes are supervised and we have left them all work to do.


  • #6
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    freckly wrote: »
    Looking for information about a personal day at second level? I have the wedding of a close friend in 2 months. Can I be refused a personal day and be asked to go to the afters only? Is a personal day unpaid even when we have a system of staff covering for each other? I can only find unpaid leave on the ASTI website. Is that for one day only or prolonged periods of leave?

    The school MAY grant you leave, but it's up to them. If they do, it will be unpaid and you'll have to find cover.


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  • #7
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,689 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    And make sure you tell the Principal who is covering you're classes so the burden of supervision is lifted from you if any of them are sick that day...


  • #8
    freckly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭freckly


    All sorted thanks.Had to give a list of people covering but that's it!


  • #9
    joebloggs32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    katydid wrote: »
    The school MAY grant you leave, but it's up to them. If they do, it will be unpaid and you'll have to find cover.

    In most schools that is not the case. As stated once you give plenty of notice and sort out your own cover then you won't lose a days pay.
    There are some schools where management can be a$$holes about it but by and large most are fine.


  • #10
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    joebloggs32 wrote: »
    In most schools that is not the case. As stated once you give plenty of notice and sort out your own cover then you won't lose a days pay.
    There are some schools where management can be a$$holes about it but by and large most are fine.

    It's up to the school, though, to give the time off or not. Not a right. But a formality, mostly.


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