Employment question:
My ten-year-old son is disabled. My employers are unsympathetic to my problems and reluctant to let me have time off work. Is there anything I can do?
Responses:
Good Lawyer Guide's response
Every employee has a legal right to take time off to look after dependants (which includes children). Typically this will cover the situation where the child falls ill; note that the illness does not have to be serious or life threatening, and can simply be the result of a deterioration of an existing condition, which means you have to take unexpected time off work.
In addition, if your son is ‘disabled’ you might have a claim under the Disability Discrimination laws, even though it is your son (not you) that is disabled.
Major Singh-Raud's response
You may also wish to read around the subject on the internet and specifically a case called Coleman v Attridge.
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