HR tip: Dependents' leave

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HR Tip:
The employee certainly would be entitled to a reasonable amount of time off without pay to deal with an emergency. In this case I suggest one day to look after her mother and another to make some longer term arrangement. But if this happens frequently it is not an emergency and, much as I and doubtless you sympathise with the employee, she really must make a permanent arrangement so as to avoid losing time from work. I think you need to have a talk to her to explain the situation. I would give her a couple of weeks to try to resolve the situation but let her know that, from then on, if her persistent absences continue, you will have to consider applying the disciplinary procedure, which ultimately could result in her losing her job.

Previous HR and Payroll tips:

June 2007
The right to privacy

May 2007
Confidential information
Sex discrimination
Fixed term contracts
Return from maternity leave

April 2007
Sex discrimination
Deductions from wages
Custom and practice
Disclosing employees' birthdays

March 2007
Making notes in disciplinary proceedings
Discipline and the police
Analysing poor performance
Resignation in a temper
Implied terms of contract

February 2007
Issuing contracts of employment
Unfair and wrongful dismissal
Bullying boss
Persistent absentees

January 2007
Confidential witness statements
Ending a fixed term contract

2006 tips

2005 tips

HR Zone, 14-Jun-2007
Categories: Employee Development
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