Time off work due to sickness
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I would as well try to use holiday leave. There is also parental leave you can take I think its unpaid maybe.. He might get a call from nursery though.. he just needs to go pick him up then. I didn't know there was a 24 hour rule..I would take in if no fever.
@Francesca thanks for your perspective. I haven’t got the option of wfh unfortunately. I’ve nearly used up my carer’s allowance and I’ve started using annual leave but I’m quite reluctant to do so. Yeah it’s just tricky when we have different thresholds for what’s considered sick enough to stay at home
@Kerli yeah I’ve started to but then I’ll end up with little actual leave :/ but yeah I will obviously when needed as it’s more important
I’ve used up all my annual leave to cover sickness, I would rather do that than take unpaid as we can’t afford it. My partner has had him but it’s mainly been me as I had more holiday accrued. But now I have none until Jan, my partner took yesterday off unpaid but it’s the better option as he’s paid less than me. You probably just need to have a chat and split your annual leave so you don’t get exhausted with no breaks from work, and that you both need to agree if your toddler is well enough. I have kept my boy off when my fella didn’t agree and I insisted he had the day off. I don’t know your relationship but I just tell my fella now what I want him to do.
Thanks @Liz Yeah, I don’t really understand why he gets so annoyed about that. We can’t seem to calmly talk about it so moving forward I’ll just keep taking leave if we disagree whether to keep our son or take him as it’s not worth potentially prolonging my son’s symptoms
Yes people do ignore the 24hrs rule and send their kids to nursery but I only do this if my child is well and no longer has a fever. If you cover it up then you will only get a call later to collect. You need to share the load on time off to cover sickness. It’s 50:50 in our house (depending on work diary commitments of course) Your work should be supportive. Are you taking annual leave? They can’t say anything if so. Can you wfh? When we have a poorly child we both wfh and juggle so we are working but one of us is always with our son. Luckily in 12 mths our son has only been off nursery for 3 days - he’s not a sickly child. During nap time we both cram the work for 2hrs. Your husband needs to pull his weight .You work too.