Sick child and wages

[ThePain]

HI guys/girls

My daughter's 8 month daughter is in GOSH waiting cancer treatment,her work is NOT going to pay for the time she needs off to deal with this. what is her rights to benefits (she has worked fulltime all of life and for this company for the last 5 yrs )she has 2 weeks holiday which she is using at the min,they have said she can have time off but unpaid

any advice would be helpfull

Thankyou

[Emmzzi]

Hi,

 

I would actually give McMillan a ring - they have loads more experience dealing with this situation than probably any of us.

[ScarletPimpernel]

Hi,

 

I would actually give McMillan a ring - they have loads more experience dealing with this situation than probably any of us.

 

Macmillan are good, but GOSH has a CLIC Sargent (children's cancer charity) specialist social work team on 020 7829 8896, who will be able to provide advice and support. There's also an in-house CAB at GOSH who give advice on benefits etc., but you need a referral from the social work team to access it.

 

In my experience (I'm a medical welfare officer), the support at GOSH, and indeed any specialist children's cancer unit, is excellent, but the sooner you make contact the easier it is for them to help.