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Sick Day vs Annual Leave

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  • 01-12-2011 4:29pm
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    jamieh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I was sick from work for a day a few weeks ago.

    I just checked and the sick day was calculated as annual leave, so I have had one day deducted from my annual leave.

    Is this allowed?

    Thanks!


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    Lugh Ildanach
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Lugh Ildanach


    It will depend on what your contract says about sick leave.

    If you're not entitled to be paid for sick leave, then you have a choice of whether you use up a day's annual leave, or they simply don't pay you for the day that you missed.

    They cannot insist that the day is taken as annual leave if this was not agreed with you (unless of course there is a provision in your contract which allows this, but that would be very unusual)


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    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    You could always ask to be deducted a day's pay instead.

    However, if it's a small company it might be a minor headache for the payroll officer.


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    newbie2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭newbie2


    Lugh Ildanach wrote: »
    It will depend on what your contract says about sick leave.

    If you're not entitled to be paid for sick leave, then you have a choice of whether you use up a day's annual leave, or they simply don't pay you for the day that you missed.

    They cannot insist that the day is taken as annual leave if this was not agreed with you (unless of course there is a provision in your contract which allows this, but that would be very unusual)
    THIS


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,966 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Lugh Ildanach wrote: »
    They cannot insist that the day is taken as annual leave if this was not agreed with you (unless of course there is a provision in your contract which allows this, but that would be very unusual)


    Correct - but many companies / managers think they're doing you a favour by just automaticallly putting it thru as A/L whether you ask or not.


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