Mummits
27-01-2009, 04:39 PM
I seem to have lost my assistant!
She is supposed to come on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays unless otherwise agreed to help with making tea etc for the after-schoolers. Three weeks ago she didn't come on the Tuesday and then said she had misunderstood (I had actually said I wouldn't need her on the Friday), then the next week she was ill - fair enough I guess, but she didn't contact me until after she was supposed to be here and even then got her mother to ring, so I was a bit sceptical about whether she was avoiding being asked about her illness. But she did come last Tuesday, no show on Thursday, no messages or anything, we had already agreed she was not needed on Friday and now she has not turned up today.
I can't decide whether to phone and ask what is going on, or just to drop her a note saying don't bother to come back. My husband says I can't "sack" her without hearing her side of the story - but she is self employed anyway - I'm not sure if I am obliged to give her any sort of chance. Anyone know how you go about unregistering an assistant - I assume I need to let OFSTED know, but I haven't applied for extra numbers or anything so its not as if I need her to run the business.
She is supposed to come on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays unless otherwise agreed to help with making tea etc for the after-schoolers. Three weeks ago she didn't come on the Tuesday and then said she had misunderstood (I had actually said I wouldn't need her on the Friday), then the next week she was ill - fair enough I guess, but she didn't contact me until after she was supposed to be here and even then got her mother to ring, so I was a bit sceptical about whether she was avoiding being asked about her illness. But she did come last Tuesday, no show on Thursday, no messages or anything, we had already agreed she was not needed on Friday and now she has not turned up today.
I can't decide whether to phone and ask what is going on, or just to drop her a note saying don't bother to come back. My husband says I can't "sack" her without hearing her side of the story - but she is self employed anyway - I'm not sure if I am obliged to give her any sort of chance. Anyone know how you go about unregistering an assistant - I assume I need to let OFSTED know, but I haven't applied for extra numbers or anything so its not as if I need her to run the business.