Antoinette is a Partner, practicing as part of the Employment law team. She brings practical and strategic legal advice to clients in a range of areas such as wrongful and unfair dismissal; discrimination; absenteeism and work related stress; performance management; temporary and contingent workers; collective redundancies; restrictive covenants and severance agreements.
What do you do if your employee looks for time off for family or medical emergencies? Are you obliged to pay employees for any days taken? Are you obliged to grant the time off? How do I handle it?
Antoinette Vahey writes:
In considering this matter, it will be necessary to look at the various types of leave that are available to employees, as well as considering whether there are any other measures which can be agreed between the employer and the employee.
1. Sick leave
In circumstances where the employee is undergoing a medical emergency then he or she will be entitled to take sick leave from employment. In general, an employee has no right to be paid while
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