being signed off?

[Mrs.s]

I have four weeks left until I start my holiday before my maternity leave starts but I really feel like being signed off, everyone is my office is really horrible and they are making my life a misery I feel sick about coming to work! If I was to get try and get signed off until my holiday starts on 24th would I cause myself more trouble?

 

[xxbeckyxx]

Do you mean signed off sick?? Cos I don't think you can do that, if it's a certain time to your maternity leave they have to just start your leave early. Depends on your financial situation whether it's worth it or not really!

 

[Mrs.s]

yes but they cannot make you start your maternity leave unless you are off with pregnancy related illness and it has to be 36 plus before they do anything! this is do with the stress they are causing me but I just wanted to know if anyone has done it or not? money wouldnt be an issue because I get full sick pay

 

[mdsremos]

I was signed off for 2 weeks due to pelvic pain and asked my GP to end my note on the Friday before the beginning of my 36th week as I didn't want work to start my maternity leave as I had 36th week booked as annual leave then maternity commenced 21st November. Worked out perfectly for me luckily!!! Good luck x

 

[xxbeckyxx]

One of my colleagues left work at about 30 weeks and I'm pretty sure she just used up what holiday she had and then started maternity leave. But then again, I'm not sure what her reasons for leaving early were, they could have been pregnancy related.
Best to talk to your employer about it I guess. Sorry you work in such a crappy environment, it's especially harder when pregnant cos hormones make you feel even worse lol!

 

[LittleL]

i suppose the only way you could do it would be to go to your doctor and tell them that work is causing you unnecessary stress and that you can't cope and see if they sign you off... as to weather it would cause you more trouble is something only you can really answer.

Firstl,y financially would you miss out if you were signed off sick? but then you did say this wouldnt be an issue as you get full pay (would you not get SSP once you get signed off for more than a week?), secondly you have to consider if it would really be worth it from your point of view.

I honestly cant stand work and i have another 5 weeks left until i start my maternity leave and even though i cant wait to go on maternity leave, plus the fact that i can leave early if i wish (i work for my dad and he has told me i can leave whenever i want basically and has even advised me to leave abit early than in 5 weeks times) i know it would drive me crazy sitting at home waiting for baby to arrive if i were to leave work now... Sure it would be nice to have the time off for a while, sit at home and mong out watching jezza lol, but weeks of just sitting around waiting would annoy me after awhile and i think i'd rather be at work!! (i know this was true of my sister in law aswell who left work as early as she could but later regretted it as she hated sitting around and waiting for baby and she said it just dragged things out and made her feel depressed)

If you honestly feel like you cant go on at work and that the stress is too much for you and making you sick, then i'd say go to your doctor and see if they will sign you off on health grounds, but if its more of a case of 'i might be able to get signed off, im not keen on work, so why not' (not ment in a nasty way there but sometimes when you know you can 'get out' of work then the temptation is there to go ahead and do it), i'd say think about it hard as you might even regret it after a good few weeks of sitting about at home, jsut waiting and getting bored.


I think this is your choice and you have to make it based on how you honestly feel. Whatever you do, goodluck
xx

 

[Mrs.s]

thanks for all the advise I can understand where some of you think this thread may have been just because I can get signed off but it actually isnt I have already posted a thread before about my treatment at work which has not changed for the better! I get 8 weeks fully paid sick leave before my company out you on ssp so money is not an issue and me being bored at home is not a problem either that is a personal thing to individual people. I just wanted to know if anyone had been signed off with stress and if had affected the annual leave or maternity leave really

 

[rbryan0205]

i got signed of work for stress at home for 2 weeks before my annual leave started x

 

[LittleL]

sorry hun, it wasnt ment in any way to offend you and hope i didnt. I fully sympathise if you are stressed with work and being treated unfairly and with being pregnant aswell, must not be nice for you.

Sorry i guess i missed the jist of the post. Hope you get what you need and everything works out how you want.

laura x

 

[Mrs.s]

thats ok no offence taken I can see how it may sound.

rbryan - this didnt affect your maternity leave or annual leave??

 

[rbryan0205]

nope as it wasnt a illness that was related to pregnancy if truth be told my baby hadnt grown and i was advised to go off work by my midwife and my because my siser had to have an emergency operation my lovely doctor said he would put the stress at home instead of babys growth so it wouldnt effect any holiday entitileme xx

 

[flexilexi394]

Hey! i am not meant to be on maternity leave for another week. but got signed off with work related stress 2 weeks ago as i couldnt be fucked with all the shit at work that i was getting. Go for it i say, im loving it! x