Parental rights

[Toms mum]

Does anyone know if parents who need to sometimes take time off work to care for their children with diabetes (like i did today) are covered in some way by disability laws

 

[hanadr]

You need to check your contract of employment and perhaps contact Diabetes UK. They know things like that
Hana

 

[Osidge]

Toms Mum

You might want to check this out:

http://www.cafamily.org.uk/families/rig ... nwork.html

Doug

 

[Toms mum]

thanks for that

it is just good to know that should I ever need some backup, disability law is looking out for me and my son

 

[Spiral]

Your topic heading is a bit misleading, your query is not related to your parental rights but your parental and caring responsibilities. The legislation relates to unexpected and emergency situations when you are caring for someone.

Your employer is obliged to give you time off to deal with this, but not necessarily obliged to pay you while you do it, but they certainly can't sack you because you have taken time out for an emergency or a medical appointment.

Talk to your union about your situation and get some advice.