Thread: Can you go on holiday when on the sick?
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Old 16-07-2003, 11:53   #9
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Originally posted by zoombini
A colleague was signed off on the sick with an ear infection that gave him lots of problems.
During that time his wife booked a last minute holiday for a week which he also went on.

Is there a legal requirement for him to take the holiday days as holiday or will he be able to claim sickness throughout the period and keep his holiday entitlement?

Does anyone know the legal answer to this & can you back it up with specific references.

Cheers, Zoombini.
Yes you can go on holiday while sick.

This is a good and bad thing.

If he was just off sick for a few days and on full pay during this time then he will be financially in no diferent a position, just a few holidays down.

If he were on long term sick and getting the minimum SSP, then when he went on holiday his eer would be obliged to pay him his holiday pay at normal salaried rates.

Now if he pays his doctor a tenner (or whatever they ask for a private letter) stating that a trip to a hot climate would be beneficial to a speedy recovery of the infection then the eer will probably drop it.
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