@bellethelawyer: 🚨 You can dismiss an employee because of sickness absence. What you can’t do is assume dismissal is inevitable just because they’ve exceeded your attendance trigger. That’s the mistake this employer made, and it cost them almost £38,000. #EmploymentLaw #UKLaw #EmploymentTribunal #HR #WorkplaceRights
Wow I didn’t know that was possible. Thanks for the information as always!
2026-07-07 21:54:50
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Rukssssss :
38,000 is a small price to pay vs paying someone for never being in 🤷🏻♀️
2026-07-08 05:17:50
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Coque Monsieur :
The more of these stories I see the more I realise I could’ve gotten way more from my tribunal settlement
2026-07-08 13:36:58
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shanice ♡ :
i got let go from a job due to sickness after getting nerve damage from surgery- the job i had was in a GP surgery 😬
2026-07-08 19:19:30
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Mark Spence :
whats the situation if sickness is caused by work related stress?
2026-07-07 20:18:13
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leeknight12370 :
38k is nothing to a big company.
2026-07-10 06:23:36
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Chizza :
Sounds like a problem worker to me
2026-07-08 13:43:26
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jad3xc :
3 sick days in 2 years due to genuine medical emergencies, I’m on final warning one more sick day and I’m sacked so this is false hope they absolutely can just tick the box and sack you lol
2026-07-29 16:54:33
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🌼 :
sounds like the nhs
2026-07-08 10:52:10
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DrVile :
She must have had a good lawyer 😅, some people really take the p*ss with sicknesses. As manager you have to show multiple proofs of support
2026-08-03 19:12:18
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EJSM61 :
55 days is pretty tame for the NHS. 180 days full pay is the norm for a many
2026-07-08 20:27:04
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YTM786 :
They should have utilised Occupational health.
2026-07-08 01:28:12
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r2danny2 :
I nearly got a warning letter because I was off too much due to my cancer diagnosis
2026-07-22 16:25:10
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BettingtipsterUK :
and 55 days in 2 years nothing
2026-07-22 15:42:37
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466777888899999 REFORM UK 🇬🇧 :
my manager took 2 weeks to make a decision whether to sack me or not all because i was off for 6 weeks straight while my child was receiving cancer treatment
2026-07-08 12:22:40
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H :
It shouldn’t matter. If they cannot do the job it’s irrelevant what the underlying cause is.
2026-07-08 07:08:45
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susanmurray038 :
I've been off sick for 14 months with a back injury work sent me for occupational assessment report said unfit for work no reasonable adjustments or redeployment , had a meeting last week was expecting to be told capability dismissal but no they will be in touch in 2 weeks to see if there's any improvement 🤔
2026-07-08 10:25:49
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Sally :
I was on a final written warning for a year. In that time I got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. Did they scrap the final written warning.. did they heck
2026-07-07 21:50:51
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Ben3588 :
£120k I managed to get then signed new contract with a new company the very next day 😏
2026-07-08 15:45:19
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genuine_legend84 :
still cheaper in the long term for the company
2026-07-08 06:48:55
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wineoclock :
A colleague had a stroke and was forced out after 40yrs of service she hadn’t been off a year and was still recovering- she also lost her daughter a year before who died suddenly- treated terribly with no compassion
2026-07-29 09:17:12
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Vince :
This happened to me also. The senior nurse on the panel said ( despite the medical evidence to the contrary ) she didn’t think I was going to get better.
2026-07-09 06:14:12
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Sonal Singh :
I think this was my company 😬😬😬
2026-07-08 08:18:19
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umistry12 :
thank you this helps 🙏
2026-07-08 20:05:02
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TKJ :
This was me but i had 3 weeks off, I got £56k
2026-07-10 17:10:14
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