bernardbresslaw
Striker
The sister-in-law (no - and I'm doing you a favour) set up her own little cleaning and ironing business about 4/5 years ago after being off work with pretty serious health issues.
She does all the ironing herself and has 4 cleaners, she charges £32 for a 3 hour clean and pays then just above the minimum wage (my wife - again no - is one of them) and she scrapes by.
A few weeks ago one of her cleaners (Irene - not her real name) went of work with stress (even though she later bumped into her on the bus on the way to a night out on the drink and she seemed ok enough - but I suppose that proves nothing). It's causing havoc with her business as she now can't cover the regular cleans, most are just saying they'll wait until she gets back and don't want a replacement cleaner (so she's losing revenue), a couple have gone to another company, one has decided she can now do without. On top of that she has found out that she has to give her sickness pay.
Irene was supposed to have her 2 week summer holiday soon (she obviously gets holiday pay) but has cancelled as she's on the sick, but presumably she'll then be able to take her holidays later. The sister-in-law has asked her a few times when she'll be back and Irene says she can't give a date.
What is the law re. bladdering her and getting another cleaner? This is going to put her under within a few weeks if she doesn't do something as another one of her cleaners has broke her hand on holiday and when she comes back next week she's going on the sick.
She does all the ironing herself and has 4 cleaners, she charges £32 for a 3 hour clean and pays then just above the minimum wage (my wife - again no - is one of them) and she scrapes by.
A few weeks ago one of her cleaners (Irene - not her real name) went of work with stress (even though she later bumped into her on the bus on the way to a night out on the drink and she seemed ok enough - but I suppose that proves nothing). It's causing havoc with her business as she now can't cover the regular cleans, most are just saying they'll wait until she gets back and don't want a replacement cleaner (so she's losing revenue), a couple have gone to another company, one has decided she can now do without. On top of that she has found out that she has to give her sickness pay.
Irene was supposed to have her 2 week summer holiday soon (she obviously gets holiday pay) but has cancelled as she's on the sick, but presumably she'll then be able to take her holidays later. The sister-in-law has asked her a few times when she'll be back and Irene says she can't give a date.
What is the law re. bladdering her and getting another cleaner? This is going to put her under within a few weeks if she doesn't do something as another one of her cleaners has broke her hand on holiday and when she comes back next week she's going on the sick.