Trouble at work - advice needed please

Meant to add, ade is on full pay as he can work from home. I'm in customer services so can not work from home.

I belivee if if you have a years service you are entitled to unpaid leave for emergency parental duties. Not sure what happens if you have less than a years service.

sounds like your emplyers are being particularly difficult tho' ((Dot))

As far as I know, you're no longer contagious 24 hours after starting the course of antibiotics so perhaps you shouldn't go in tonight but tomorrow you should be fit for work. I'm not sure they have grounds to stop you going in if you've been declared fit for work by a doctor who presumably won't give you a sick note to cover your absence for a week. I'd call back and say that you intend to return to work tomorrow as the doctor has declared you fit and that you are not contagious. With regard to the policy, they should clarify the exact wording. Presumably they would need doctor's confirmation that you are no longer contagious which, in this instance, you can provide. There is no reason for them telling you not to return to work. This is where my memory gets a little fuzzy because I'm pretty sure they can add to their policies as and when they feel like it although I could be wrong and there would not appear much you could do about that aspect, although a Tribunal might see it as a bit unreasonable to implement a policy half an hour after someone had brought up the subject!

With regard to the disciplinary - they have to be seen to be behaving in a reasonable manner when it comes to dealing with such matters and, if you have valid reasons, with doctors' confirmation for all your absences and they were reported correctly, it would seem harsh for them to give you a warning. But, like I say, my employment law is a bit rusty and I'm pretty sure someone else out there can give you better and more up to date advice.

Why has your unpaid leave on Monday eve been put down as sick? It's not. It's unpaid leave. Most places have a parental leave policy, based on time you're permitted by statue if you have dependents such as kids or elderly parents.

I'd go into work tomorrow. Your dr has not signed you off, so go in. I don't get why they have insisted on Ade staying home either - either he's off sick (and therefore not working) or he's working from home, in which case it shouldn't go on his sick record.

They sound like they are taking the piss, my lovely.

Thank you for your replies.

I've spoken to my manager again who went back to HR to tell them that I was seeking further advice. Mean time I spoke to ACAS who said it is effectively suspension and so therefore I should be given full pay. I called work back with this little nugget and surprisingly they've changed their minds - a week off on full pay is what has been decided!

Thanks for your advice everyone. I'm going to be looking for a new job I think...