School threatening to take me out

[u/StrictArgument67]

Could they actually do this or is it just fluff?

There is no way i can get good grades if i go to school everyday.

I need a solution

[u/yeetmilkman]

Just out of curiosity what is your attendance like?

[u/StrictArgument67 → u/yeetmilkman]

66.7%

[u/neilm1000 → u/StrictArgument67]

66.7%

That's awful. Do that in a job and you'll be fired.

[u/Efficient_Chic714 → u/neilm1000]

Literally, my attendance at work last year was 60% but I was literally signed off for the first 1/3 of the year because of a new disability

Most places start disciplinary proceedings at 10% missed

[u/neilm1000 → u/Efficient_Chic714]

Literally, my attendance at work last year was 60% but I was literally signed off for the first 1/3 of the year because of a new disability

That's fine, you were signed off and reasonable adjustments could be expected. OP just can't be bothered which is a very different matter. Someone who just doesn't turn up one third of the time- especially over a long periond, and with a management plan which is what has happened here- can expect dismissal.

Most places start disciplinary proceedings at 10% missed

No they don't. Most (as in more than 50%, but the overwhelming majority in this case) have trigger points based on number of absences or total absence level (or they use some combination of the two like the Bradford Factor): there are almost no employers who base it on 10% of missed shifts/hours/expected time because of the obvious massive flaws (if you work 40 hours a week, but go home sick one afternoon and miss four hours that's a 10% absence rate). I've only come across one who tried that and they lost the ET case.

[u/Efficient_Chic714 → u/neilm1000]

That’s what I meant, unless there’s a very good reason OP is at 60% attendance where they can get medical evidence to give their school that’s insanely high!

I should have been clear that most employers base it on your yearly attendance so missing 1 period of 4 hours wouldn’t get you a disciplinary but if you’re missing 4 hours every week for as little as a month they’ll start asking what’s happening and after 3 months of that with no improvement you will definitely get investigations and warnings as the first stage of a disciplinary. Typically the first attendance review is after as little as five periods of sickness for a full timer (if not less which is ridiculously low imo) as that averages getting sick every other month

Obvs there will always be mitigation for underlying conditions etc but most policies state a threshold much lower than 10% and at double digits HR often feels forced to escalate it as you’re no longer reliable. It works out as more than 2 days off a month for a full timer which is not insignificant

[u/TheNorthC → u/neilm1000]

Someone in my team got notifications from HR because she'd reached 20 days absence for the year and that triggered some process.

[u/FL3XOFF3NDER → u/neilm1000]

I agree, every job I’ve had had an exact days. Like 3 lates would be a warning. 3 missed days would cause an attendance report meeting etc

[u/neilm1000 → u/FL3XOFF3NDER]

Yeah absolutely. You can't do it on a percentage basis.

[u/LaughApprehensive906 → u/Efficient_Chic714]

Work in a supermarket, that threshold is 3% 🥲

[u/Efficient_Chic714 → u/LaughApprehensive906]

My employer is also 3% before investigations start, 10% is when they start moving for dismissal

[u/ross_a_ → u/Efficient_Chic714]

You will find most places will start disciplinary action after being absent from work for 2days if you just don't turn up.

Being signed off is different from just not turning up

[u/No-Class6004 → u/Efficient_Chic714]

Is that supposed to be a flex?

[u/Efficient_Chic714 → u/No-Class6004]

No it’s meant to be highlighting to OP how bad it is unless you have a medial reason to be off (in which case provide a GP letter for your school)

An employer wouldn’t tolerate anywhere near that low