lobby the university to pay all interns sick pay
Lottie submitted on
Tuesday 26th July 2022
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While the university does not have to pay statutory sick pay if the intern is sick for the first three days, the majority of students are relying on internship pay to support them with the increased cost of living and university costs. If an intern gets sick or is struggling with their mental health, then they should get the support they need.
Page 7 for reference: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~assets/doc/careers/UoS_Internships_Internal_Host_Handbook.pdf.
Also, if you could get them to fix the holiday error where 280 hours = 32 hours, that would be excellent! Thank you, Sabbs :)
Responses
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Students' Union replied on
Wednesday 3rd Aug 2022 1:38pm
Hello Lottie,
I have a received a message that the holiday hours for 280 hour work was indeed meant to read as 28 hours. It has been amended in the handbook now. Because the issue about sick pay is part of a larger review of processes, I am going to close this You Make Change and instead update students down the line when I know more about the improvement project.
Thank you!
Emily
Students' Union replied on
Tuesday 2nd Aug 2022 3:56pm
Hello Lottie,
I have received word from the work experience team that they are looking into the wording in the handbook about annual leave, and will get back to me as soon as possible. From their perspective they are not looking at changing sick pay currently, mostly because this depends a lot on the causal pay and pay roll team.
For this reason, I am going to continue to lobby Wendy Appleby, VP Operations, to consider reviewing internships and UniWorkForce overall; as currently the Human Resources Teams do not have the resources to make such a change internally.
Thank you,
Emily
Students' Union replied on
Friday 29th Jul 2022 10:18am
Hello Lottie,
Thank you for the submission. I have raised the issue with the work experience team, and will update you when I receive a reply. I also mentioned this to VP Operations, Wendy Appleby and how we could re-think how we offer work experience to students, as part of her strategic plan.
Thanks,
Emily
Actions
Forwarded to Vice President Education and Democracy
Friday 29th Jul 2022 9:43am
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