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Morning all, I work in the UK and have lived here all my life.
I have been working for my current company for just under two years and I'm eligible for two weeks sick pay. I had a planned vasectomy two weeks ago tomorrow.
An hour before the procedure I was told by my line manager that he had forgot I was having it done but I would not be getting paid.
I had the procedure and have now returned to work today, I have a sick note that covers my absence period but they have officially declared my time off as "authorized unpaid" meaning I've lost seven working days pay.
Can they do this when I have a sick note from a doctor?
EDIT:
I have queried this further today and have been told the reasoning is that it's and elective procedure and it would fall under the same category as breast implants aka a cosmetic procedure
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This is not true. I'm the branch secretary for my branch and we absolutely take on preexisting cases. We take it on a case t case basis, we usually just advise until 4 weeks after the member joining, but in urgent and egregious cases we jump right it, just warning that they won't be entitled to legal advice. Sometimes there are people who are taking the mick. We had people asking for advice before joining to "see if it's worth the money" (actual quote) so such individuals get the hard no.