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  1. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    I am pretty sure they don't know about it. They are both very nice people and both go to work early and come home later than he should finish college. They probably don't even know about him skipping work days in the past. Also, the reason I think he does it is his girlfriend works weekends and...
  2. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    Yes I am going to give him a final written warning. Are they usually given in meetings or posted to his home address?
  3. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    Since I talked to him about his large number of sick days he hasn't had a day off work, the issue is he is skipping college, lying about it and thinking I will not find out about it. I think it is easy to say get rid of him and most people probably would, but I am looking at the bigger picture...
  4. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    Yes I agree, gross misconduct seems pretty easy to prove at this point. I just spoke to his college again and apparently he did turn up today, late so missed the register, but he told me via text he was in all day and he actually left at 12. I asked by text in case I ever needed evidence so I...
  5. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    I pay them for all leave, but I have good employees apart from this apprentice problem. The other 2 (there are 4 of us in total, 2 long term employees, the apprentice and me) have around 19-22 days leave in a year. I introduced the 'as much leave as you want policy' and nothing changed, they...
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    Apprentice attendance problem

    My contracts have this under suspension: "Suspension In the event of serious misconduct an employee may be suspended on full basic pay while an investigation is carried out. Such suspension is a neutral act, which DOES NOT imply guilt or blame and will be for as short a period as possible."...
  7. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    Thanks again Karl. He has been here for just over a year. The really stupid thing is that my holiday policy is my employees can have as much holiday as they want as long as I have 3 weeks notice and as long as having the holiday doesn't impact the business negatively or any other employee. I...
  8. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    hmmm. I agree, thanks for the response Karl. When you say 't would be sensible to go through the formalities of a disciplinary procedure, do you mean 3 written warnings and dismissal? Or do You mean have a meeting to discuss why he is lying and get his side of the story, then come back to him...
  9. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    So you think dismissal? Legally could I just do that without a warning? Or is lying enough to mean no trust and dismissed?
  10. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    Also he has a week booked off in december, can I tell him that as he is lying and has had over 30 days off (according to attendance record from the college) can I tell him he won't get paid for holiday going forward?
  11. J

    Apprentice attendance problem

    I have an apprentice who just keeps on calling in sick for 1 day here and 1 day there. I gave him his first annual review a month and a half ago and showed him his attendance record...19 sick days in 10 months! I explained the impact it is having on business and outlined that we all have...
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