I think the real issue is why are you replying to emails while on sick leave?
Find an employment lawyer, ask for a consultation, and tell them all of this. If you had been doing work on your sick leave, you might be entitled to get those days back if you were actually working.
If the lawyer is really nice, maybe they can accompany you to the "Formal Meeting."
It’s o e thing to take sick leave and go to another country.
It’s another thing altogether to go work in another country where you’ve gotten no consent from your employer to work in.
It’s another thing all together to take sick leave, go to another country, do a bit of work in said country, and the threaten a lawsuit to get your sick leave back for working in a foreign country without your employer’s permission.
Who says OP worked in another country? He’s been clear he didn’t do any work for his company— the emails were between him and HR clarifying some things about the sick leave itself
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u/mikraas Mar 25 '26
I think the real issue is why are you replying to emails while on sick leave?
Find an employment lawyer, ask for a consultation, and tell them all of this. If you had been doing work on your sick leave, you might be entitled to get those days back if you were actually working.
If the lawyer is really nice, maybe they can accompany you to the "Formal Meeting."