What's on your agenda for today?

Hahaha...you're sooo right georgia.


BTW folks my very pretty girly pink floral Cane arrived this morning, so I must dress in Pink today to match dontchaknow... :playful:
 

LOL, Actually it's quite pretty AS...but I hope very much that I don't have to use it to go to work, which incidentally has changed now to Thursday instead of tomorrow, my opposite number has offered to do an extra day for me so I only need to go in for 2 days this week..thursday and saturday to see how I can cope.

In the meantime, my letter from the hospital has arrived for 'choose and book' dates for the exploratory surgery for another medical procedure I have to endure, so I'm about to go online and get that sorted and hope they can accommodate the dates I have available to go in.. :)
 
hollydolly said:
LOL, Actually it's quite pretty AS...but I hope very much that I don't have to use it to go to work, which incidentally has changed now to Thursday instead of tomorrow, my opposite number has offered to do an extra day for me so I only need to go in for 2 days this week..thursday and saturday to see how I can cope.

In the meantime, my letter from the hospital has arrived for 'choose and book' dates for the exploratory surgery for another medical procedure I have to endure, so I'm about to go online and get that sorted and hope they can accommodate the dates I have available to go in.. :)
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Hope all goes well at work. How's the back? Count yourself very lucky that you're not in the US needing extra sick days, if you even got sick days there.
 
The back is still bad, but it's better than it was, I can get around as long as I am verrrry careful.

Believe it or not I have never taken any 'sick days' yet, because my counterpart has been covering for me, which I have done for her in the past, so I'm still being paid my full salary..although when I have the surgery done on my back I will need at least a week if not 2 off, so may have to take Sick time then.

the other procedure I have just booked at a private hospital this morning the earliest they can do is the 3rd of March, and as that is only a one day confinement I've booked that for a day which I'm not rota-ed into work anyway...so I won't be losing any money!!

Really?...no-one gets' sick pay in the USA? ...:eek:...seriously?
 
hollydolly said:
The back is still bad, but it's better than it was, I can get around as long as I am verrrry careful.

Believe it or not I have never taken any 'sick days' yet, because my counterpart has been covering for me, which I have done for her in the past, so I'm still being paid my full salary..although when I have the surgery done on my back I will need at least a week if not 2 off, so may have to take Sick time then.

the other procedure I have just booked at a private hospital this morning the earliest they can do is the 3rd of March, and as that is only a one day confinement I've booked that for a day which I'm not rota-ed into work anyway...so I won't be losing any money!!

Really?...no-one gets' sick pay in the USA? ...:eek:...seriously?
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Sorry about your back..

As for sick days in the USA.... NO... we do not get mandatory paid sick time. Each employer gets to decide what he will or will not give as far as sick time or PDO (paid time off). There is no law to make him give ANY if he choses not to. THIS is our system of Capitalism. Corporations run the show. To have it any other way would be down right Socialist!! lol!!
 
QuickSilver said:
Sorry about your back..

As for sick days in the USA.... NO... we do not get mandatory paid sick time. Each employer gets to decide what he will or will not give as far as sick time or PDO (paid time off). There is no law to make him give ANY if he choses not to. THIS is our system of Capitalism. Corporations run the show. To have it any other way would be down right Socialist!! lol!!
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Which is ridiculous!!!

I was okay with my last 10 years working in the US as I worked at a state run university. I earned 1 sick day/month and I could use it for doctor/dentist appointments as well.
 
I receive ZERO designated sick time. I do receive PDO which I accrue at the rate of 11% of my pay. This must be used for everything.. Sick, personal time, vacation, and Holiday pay.
 
Oh dear , what the heck happens when you are sick and can't work? who pays you , do you get SSP (statutory Sick pay) in the USA from the government if not from your employer, ..question to QS..


Sick pay here by the employer is accrued...but even if you haven't been in employment to accrue any you will still be entitled to an albeit small SSP from Social security if you are sick for longer than 7 days

In my case I have 2 Hospital procedures to undergo within 3 weeks of each other next month, if my co-manager wasn't covering for me as I explained above..then I would be entitled to full pay for both occasions as long as they don't exceed 4 weeks each..if I were to be sick for longer than 4 weeks I can choose to use my holiday entitlement which of course is fully paid and amounts to 28 days annually!!
 
When you are sick, you use your PDO time until it runs out... then you get NOTHING.. Unless of course your company offers a short term disability plan.. which you can PAY FOR... and it's taken out of your check. It's pretty expensive too. If you need an extended period of time off for surgery.. you first blow through all your PDO time. THEN short term disability kicks in however, you can only get 60% of your pay. Long term disability is provided free by my company... but that is only after 6 months and that is also only 60% of pay.
 
I think quite a few companies work similarly in the Uk, and even more so recently with this ridiculous onset of zero degree contracts which have become the bane of the lives of so many working people in the UK now, but in the main if you work for a corporate company then sick pay ( rather than disability) is paid at full salary..at least in the short term .
 
While cleaning out some closets early today, I yanked my shoulder trying to get stuff down from a high shelf. Shoulder now feels like holy h-e-double hockey sticks. So out came the heating pad and spent most of the afternoon applying heat.

Holly, your new cane sounds really pretty but I wish you didn't need one. I didn't realize you've got surgery on the horizon - I hope everything goes well for you!
 
OH Kath, aren't we a damage bunch at the moment?..I'm sorry your shoulder hurts so much I hope it's easing a bit now.

Yes I wish I didn't need the cane either..but thank goodness for it , it keeps me supported. I have 2 surgeries one in 3 weeks and another in almost exactly 3 weeks from that. The latter will cost me my mobility for a while and I'm not looking forward to that but hopefully it will only be for a week or 2 and I'll start to get better. Pain is quite severe this morning but I've got to get back into work tomorrow and get through the day, please God.. but my main concern is the drive there and back. ..with a manual car it really plays hell with my back..but keep fingers crossed for me, and I'll keep fingers crossed for you and everyone whose suffering pain at the moment...and when we're all done with our stuff we can Parteeeeeeeeee !! :happy:
 
today I am singing the Beatles song with the words...."Here's one for you nineteen for me, be thankful I don't take it all.....cause I'm the _____" can you think of why if you know the last word you do......
 
Still in resting mode although we wanted to eat so I had to go shopping. Cancelled the teeth cleaning for tomorrow morning. Got a mystery to finish today and another one to start. I'm getting too used to sitting on my butt. Not good!

Oh, and got notices in the post from UK pensions dept. and we got a raise. Must have come out of the money the gov't used to give to poor people who have to queue up at food banks. :confused:
 
Today is the day!!!!!! The day my very first Social Security check will be deposited in my account!! After all those years of working and struggling, this is a red-letter day for me.. It feels great!
 
In the overall scheme of things nothing else matters to me today. Not good news, not bad news, not anything, because...wait for it...my coffee pot died!

 
Packing ma bags to go off to QS's for a parteeeeeee... :happy:



awwww Georgia....my deepest sympathy to you and yours on the sudden demise of your adored friend and companion, who will provide your daily injection of working brain cells and energy now??...oh dear, oh woe is yoooooo... such a terrible loss


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