Illness while on Jobseekers allowance..

brendon

kirsty100000 wrote: »

It's only a cold. I always go to work if I have a cold. That's just life.

In my opinion, going to work with a common cold, a highly infectious disease, should be a disciplinary offence. Your colleagues should be able to work without fear of become infected, and you are putting the business at risk of reduced productivity and absent employees.

makeyourdaddyproud

brendon wrote: »

In my opinion, going to work with a common cold, a highly infectious disease, should be a disciplinary offence. Your colleagues should be able to work without fear of become infected, and you are putting the business at risk of reduced productivity and absent employees.

Sorry, but that is a problem for the company not the infected employee. If their t&c's state no sick pay will be paid, then that is a business risk they take, period.


It's not up to the employee to prevent infection of their fellow men by appealing to their company's cause; rather the company must learn what profit/loss in terms of manpower can be gained by decorating future employee t&c's with free sick pay in order to mitigate future manpower losses.

Wozzie

Yep, stupid they make you go to a public building to infect everyone else but to hell with them, just make sure you get a couple of coaches.

Germ warfare, love it.

BillJones

brendon wrote: »

In my opinion, going to work with a common cold, a highly infectious disease, should be a disciplinary offence. Your colleagues should be able to work without fear of become infected, and you are putting the business at risk of reduced productivity and absent employees.

Putting it "at risk" of slightly reduced productivity by putting your own productivity to zero that day.

Genius...

Strangely I seem able to do my job at 100% when I have a cold. What's your job, that a slightly wooly head has such an impact?

CCFC_80

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

Sorry, but that is a problem for the company not the infected employee. If their t&c's state no sick pay will be paid, then that is a business risk they take, period.


It's not up to the employee to prevent infection of their fellow men by appealing to their company's cause; rather the company must learn what profit/loss in terms of manpower can be gained by decorating future employee t&c's with free sick pay in order to mitigate future manpower losses.

Good point, companies shoot themselves in the foot with this policy. If they don't pay sick pay then people will turn in for work .If they do then they don't turn in. It's a no brainer