Hi
We are hoping to immigrate to Nova Scotia and are interested to know how Canadian employers react to parents having to leave work to deal with sick children.
We have a 5 and 2 year old and so far have been very lucky in this in our UK jobs as we both work full time and have at times, had to leave to deal with illness and take time off.
I would be interested to hear what experiences people have had with this, I appreciate that people are different and that applies to managers everywhere but if someone could give me an idea on what the culture is generally like re this, that would be great.
To give you more info, I am an accountant and hubby is in the police

Cheers
Natasha

I suspect that such situations are somewhat dependent on the size of the organization that one works for. In a small company with little or no backup accommodation it becomes a much greater deal to the employer. I worked for a large company and it was really never an issue unless it was determined the employee was abusing the privilege.

hi..i live in canada and have kids..i have had 2 really good employers they realise that your kids come first..canada is all about family and kids and as long as you dont take advantage i cant see how it would be a problem ..everyone gets sick...and it does also depend on your employer but i think that the attitude here is different to the UK regarding kids and sickness

Hi, thanks so much for your replies
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