Yea I earn a relatively decent wage, but have used all my holiday days and sick days from covid isolating and stuff over the last year. I’m waiting on a PCR test, but if I have to take a week off, I genuinely don’t know how I’m going to pay for everything next month. The stat sick pay is an absolute joke
Many simply won’t be able to take time off to get a vaccine. They won’t be able to queue all day outside a walk-in centre and they will not have the time to take a bus all the way across town and back in the middle of the day, if that is the only slot they can book. The vaccine may be free but travel and time lost are not.
Getting time off last minute at Christmas? Having any holidays approved in December is a lottery.
Doesn’t help that the local vaccination centre (the opposite way from my workplace) operates between 11am-3pm. Currently working 8am-6pm.
Yup, as if I can have 3 days off incase of side effects over xmas when working for a supermarket
It’s absolutely insane that companies aren’t forced to pay for time off for vaccination. Should be a minimum of two days available to everyone per dose. (One to receive it, one for recovery). By doing the right thing and having my booster last week I’ve lost out over £100. It’s disgraceful and completely counter-productive.
I’ve been trying since my age group been allowed (I’m 30) everyday been stuck in queue or kicked off due to technical difficulties.
Eventually got on this morning and nowhere within 100 miles of me has any slots this this it’s all January and all the walk in centres say “no boosters”
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Yea I earn a relatively decent wage, but have used all my holiday days and sick days from covid isolating and stuff over the last year. I’m waiting on a PCR test, but if I have to take a week off, I genuinely don’t know how I’m going to pay for everything next month. The stat sick pay is an absolute joke
Many simply won’t be able to take time off to get a vaccine. They won’t be able to queue all day outside a walk-in centre and they will not have the time to take a bus all the way across town and back in the middle of the day, if that is the only slot they can book. The vaccine may be free but travel and time lost are not.
Getting time off last minute at Christmas? Having any holidays approved in December is a lottery.
Doesn’t help that the local vaccination centre (the opposite way from my workplace) operates between 11am-3pm. Currently working 8am-6pm.
Yup, as if I can have 3 days off incase of side effects over xmas when working for a supermarket
It’s absolutely insane that companies aren’t forced to pay for time off for vaccination. Should be a minimum of two days available to everyone per dose. (One to receive it, one for recovery). By doing the right thing and having my booster last week I’ve lost out over £100. It’s disgraceful and completely counter-productive.
I’ve been trying since my age group been allowed (I’m 30) everyday been stuck in queue or kicked off due to technical difficulties.
Eventually got on this morning and nowhere within 100 miles of me has any slots this this it’s all January and all the walk in centres say “no boosters”