thoughts? will i/should i be paid?
I went to work today, I work in a nursery fully qualified. I dropped my three year old off in preschool, and then went into the 2-3’s which is my room. About half an hour after I started work, the deputy head of the school (my nursery is attached to the school) came to speak to me and said that a child in my child’s room in nursery has slapped cheek disease. If my child wasn’t there, they could just move me out of the nursery building to reception to TA or something but due to my child being in the same room and close proximity to the child, they believe it’s in my best interest to go home with my son. I’ve gone home (which is great as i woke up feeling so poorly so at least i can rest) but now i’m wondering, will i get paid or not? i feel like because they told me to go home, they should be paying me for it, but i’m worried they won’t. we’ve been struggling with money recently, it’ll be fine next year but the last couple months been tough and i can’t afford to not be paid xx
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I very much doubt they will pay you, as Claire said it maybe best to use some annual leave x
update: they’ve called and told me not to go back until after half term. it’s a term time only nursery (with holiday club) and i’m a term time only employee so no annual leave but they have confirmed i will be getting paid as they’re the ones that told me to leave, thank god for that! 🤣 xx
@Sinead That’s good 😊 It’s always difficult as what they legally have to do and morally should do are two different things!
It will depend on company policy but it should be down to managers discretion. As they sent you home I do feel they should be paying you. Might be worth having the conversation with your manager? If they say they won’t pay you do you have any annual leave you could ask to put it down as to protect your pay?