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Reduced hours at work due to illness
Hi,
I'm currently back at work after being diagnosed with a menigeoma. I am at pesent only working part time due to feeling exhausted, suffering from headache and having tests and things.
Does anyone think that I will continue to get full pay (as my friend thinks) or pay just for the hours I work (as I think). My friend's rational for believeing that I will get full pay, is that if I don't then I would be better off not working at all and recieving full sick pay and she said surely that can't be right! What do you think?
Thanks Sandra
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sorry to hear yir not well Sandra. Many employers allow workers who have been off sick to gradually build up their hours over a period to get them back to full time.
We usually allow a maximum of 13 weeks for a person to build up their hours. The hours they work are classed as being at work and the balance is classed as sick leave.
We receive full pay for up to six months' sick absence and the pay is reduced to half-pay after that. Most employees are entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) so if full pay is received it's SSP topped up to the full pay.
I�m not clear about whether you are working reduced hours on a permanent basis or if you are building up the hours to return to full-time at some point. If it�s the latter and yir employer pays full pay whilst off sick, you should receive full pay as the hours not worked will be classed as being off sick.
Thank you for your response THECORBYLOON.
The plan is for me to return to full time, as soon as I feel up to it. At the moment work makes me tired and I need to come home and have a little sleep. So three eight hour days at present is enough. I like being back at work, as it gives me something else to focus on. Even though there are so many things that I can not do, for my safety and that of my patients (and rightly so). That I can't really be much use to my collegues.
Thank you again for your response,
Sandra
You should just do what you are comfortable with.
Sick pay is nearly �80 a week but you can only get if for so many weeks.
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