can my employer tell me not to return to work

[mickjo1]

Hi i had a bad migraine last Monday i phone my works to tell them i wont be in and i will return to work the next day i got a text from my employer saying not to bother coming in for the rest of the week does he have right to do that as i could not afford too take the full week off and was fit enough for work the next day.

[fkofilee]

What type of employment is it? Temp, Perm?

How long have you been there?

[renegadeimp]

What reason did the employer give for refusing to let you return to work?

[mickjo1]

none if anyone phones in sick he tells the supervisor if he turns up tomorrow send him home. He dosnt like people taking time off sick.He has just been made manager and it has gone to his head .

[mickjo1]

What type of employment is it? Temp, Perm?

How long have you been there?

 

It is factory work and i am full time and i have been there for 12 years.

[ericsbrother]

as long as they pay you then that is fine but I bet that they dont want to pay you for sitting at home so they will be in breach of your employment contract by locking you out.

Your employment contract will be along the lines of you get paid and they supply work for you to do. If you fail to be available you dont get paid but you were available, they didnt fulfil their part of the bargain to give you work to do

[SabreSheep]

most employment contracts are based around the employer being responsible for giving you pay (And not work) hence why investigatory suspensions have to be paid

[Sidewinder]

Basic rule - if your employer tells you not to turn up for work then you are still entitled to be paid providing it is for a normal contracted shift and not overtime. If you report sick then you are not.

 

The exception would be where you are reporting for work against medical advice (so before a sick line expires) or where the employer is entitled to lay staff off

 

Threaten a claim for Unlawful Deductions and they will pretty soon allow you back to work!