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  • 07-01-2017 6:25pm
    #1
    irish gent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭


    Hi All I have a quick question. I work an something like 10 /20 hours a  week no more. I was to be in work yesterday for 4 hours . I have to flu but I'm back in work next Friday and they want a sick note from me ? is this a joke . Do I have to provide a sick note with so few hours they are giving me. I don't collect dole never did I'm 18.can anyone help me on this thanks so much.


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  • #2
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,955 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    Unless you have something specific in your contract saying you don't have to provide a sick note then yes you have to provide a sick note if you want paid.

    On a side note if you are working 3 days or less per week you are entitled to claim Job Seeker's for the remaining days. You would be mad not to.


  • #3
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    For what it's worth I worked part time in a few jobs years ago. I too was asked for a sick note and I just fobbed them off. In one job I just kept saying I would give it to them (they eventually stopped asking) and in another job I simply said I didn't go to the doctors. Didn't have the money to be paying 50 euro for a cold. Just rested up.

    So just say you didn't go to the doctors. If they still want one just say you're ok now. What are you meant to do? Go to the doctors AFTER you're sick to get something spending money? Most jobs will be cool with it.

    As said above its just about getting paid for the day. If you're only part time it's not worth giving a sick note.


  • #4
    WellThen?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭WellThen?


    You should not have to provide that. Everyone has the flu anyway, they want you to fork out 50 quid for a note to say that! It's more than 2 days, that's when they ask. Load of ****e that is.


  • #5
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    Mod-Moved to the Work & Jobs forum. Please read the local charter before posting.


  • #6
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Not everyone has the flu. There are lots of people with heavy colds who say they've the flu.

    What is your employers policy on sick leave? It varies from workplace to workplace.


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  • #7
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,295 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    There is no entitlement to sick leave (paid or unpaid) in this country. It's crazy, but that's how it is.

    If they want a sick note, you should provide it. But you try saying that you didn't go to the doctor because it wasn't that bad, and see if they fire you over it - probably they won't.

    Really, in each job you need to check your contact and follow whatever procedures they set out for sick leave. Some places insist on a sick note each time. Some done. In another thread, a poster said that his company even sends a doctor to the house each time someone calls in sick!



    NB If you were well enough to be posting on boards the day after, then most likely you had a very bad cold. Flu, aka influenza, is far more serious illness which knocks you back a lot more than a day or two.


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