Visiting site when off sick

Savvy_Sue

Brie said:

There should be no insurance reasons that mean someone must stay off site while signed off.  Managers that claim this don't know what they are talking about.  

There persists a belief that if you're signed off sick, you can't work at all 'for insurance reasons'. I once had to explain to a manager that there was no earthly reason someone who'd sustained an ankle injury could not work from home before their Fit Note ran out, if they felt able to do so, given that they were already WFH at least once a week (so we'd done a remote assessment of their desk set up!)

Jude57

Savvy_Sue said:

Brie said:

There should be no insurance reasons that mean someone must stay off site while signed off.  Managers that claim this don't know what they are talking about.  

There persists a belief that if you're signed off sick, you can't work at all 'for insurance reasons'. I once had to explain to a manager that there was no earthly reason someone who'd sustained an ankle injury could not work from home before their Fit Note ran out, if they felt able to do so, given that they were already WFH at least once a week (so we'd done a remote assessment of their desk set up!)

I do wonder whether the Fire Marshals are notified when an otherwise physically able person visits their workplace when signed off sick for a broken bone or similar. As you know, there are strict protocols covering how physically disabled people are to be evacuated from the building in the event of an emergency and I used to ensure our Fire Marshals were informed if a recuperating sick colleague or a parent on leave who brought their new baby in to see us were in the building. I'm not sure every other manager did the same but the H&S training I was given as a new Workplace Rep for my union stayed with me throughout my working life.

Savvy_Sue

Jude57 said:

Savvy_Sue said:

Brie said:

There should be no insurance reasons that mean someone must stay off site while signed off.  Managers that claim this don't know what they are talking about.  

There persists a belief that if you're signed off sick, you can't work at all 'for insurance reasons'. I once had to explain to a manager that there was no earthly reason someone who'd sustained an ankle injury could not work from home before their Fit Note ran out, if they felt able to do so, given that they were already WFH at least once a week (so we'd done a remote assessment of their desk set up!)

I do wonder whether the Fire Marshals are notified when an otherwise physically able person visits their workplace when signed off sick for a broken bone or similar. As you know, there are strict protocols covering how physically disabled people are to be evacuated from the building in the event of an emergency and I used to ensure our Fire Marshals were informed if a recuperating sick colleague or a parent on leave who brought their new baby in to see us were in the building. I'm not sure every other manager did the same but the H&S training I was given as a new Workplace Rep for my union stayed with me throughout my working life.

Good points. Our place was so small that it was all but impossible to get in without everyone knowing you were there, so if there was a fire alarm, you'd be unlikely to be missed.

But I guess as a good former H&S rep I should sign in and out on my occasional visits to my former colleagues!