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Sick Days - Work Experience

emitremmus

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Feb 5, 2019
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Hi there,

I am coming up to my one year of employment.

I have worked approx 1700+ so far.

I took two weeks off as vacation, which I was paid vacation pay however this was paid on another pay cheque.
(a mistake by my office)

I have worked over the 30 hours for every week except for 2 weeks when I had to take two unpaid sick days.

These weeks worked out to be 24ish hours.

My question is, do I have to allow an extra two weeks of work on top of my "one year" to allow for the weeks i had sick days?

Or are sick days permitted even if unpaid? and ive worked over the number of hours needed in total.

For timeline reasons and my current visa, i am obviously trying to apply asap... so if i don't have to allow those two extra weeks would be incredibly beneficial.


Any advice please, thank you.
 

jes_ON

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I am coming up to my one year of employment.

I took two weeks off as vacation, which I was paid vacation pay however this was paid on another pay cheque.
(a mistake by my office)

Don't worry about that, just ask your employer to state that you had 2 weeks of paid vacation in your letter of reference.

I have worked over the 30 hours for every week except for 2 weeks when I had to take two unpaid sick days.
These weeks worked out to be 24ish hours.

My question is, do I have to allow an extra two weeks of work on top of my "one year" to allow for the weeks i had sick days?
Well, technically you would have to work 2 extra days. A week would be more than enough.
 

emitremmus

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Feb 5, 2019
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Thanks for the reply.

I thought it made those weeks invalid as they were less than 30 hour work weeks?

Or am I just nit picking ??

Also does anyone know how they confirm the hours you have worked ?

Thank you :)
 

jes_ON

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Jun 22, 2009
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New York
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Pre-Assessed..
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06-May-2010
AOR Received.
13-Aug-2010
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01-Mar-2011
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30-Jun-2011
VISA ISSUED...
12-Jul-2011 (received 25-Jul-2011)
LANDED..........
03-Sep-2011
Thanks for the reply.

I thought it made those weeks invalid as they were less than 30 hour work weeks?
Why would that make it invalid? It just makes it "part-time" and part-time work is accepted (it is pro-rated).

Also does anyone know how they confirm the hours you have worked ?

Various ways...
 
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