Coming into sick work
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I think the issue with parents/sick children is that the employer starts to take a dim view if you are on your third or fourth 'emergency dependants leave' day that year. It is entirely possible that a young child can catch four colds during a school year, being unable to attend each time because school sends them home. So I'm not surprised that some parents, especially lone parents, end up calling in sick for themselves instead.
I'll be going into work tomorrow with a cold/cough. Sorry if it annoys anybody, fortunately I know that nobody in my immediate vicinity has a compromised immune system.:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
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Tigsteroonie wrote: »I think the issue with parents/sick children is that the employer starts to take a dim view if you are on your third or fourth 'emergency dependants leave' day that year. It is entirely possible that a young child can catch four colds during a school year, being unable to attend each time because school sends them home. So I'm not surprised that some parents, especially lone parents, end up calling in sick for themselves instead.
I'll be going into work tomorrow with a cold/cough. Sorry if it annoys anybody, fortunately I know that nobody in my immediate vicinity has a compromised immune system.
I think maybe working parents need to have someone they can ask to sit with the child when they are ill with colds, rather than have four or five emergency leave episodes. You can well understand why an employer may get impatient.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »I think maybe working parents need to have someone they can ask to sit with the child when they are ill with colds, rather than have four or five emergency leave episodes. You can well understand why an employer may get impatient.
Quite.
In my opinion a child developing a minor ailment, which keeps them off school for a few days, is hardly unexpected or an emergency. It is part and parcel of growing up. Parents should have some plan in place just as they do for holidays, half term and so called "training days".
Equally, assuming two working parents, any such emergency leave should be shared equally between both parents. Obviously there is a temptation for the lower paid parent to take the time off but that is grossly unfair on their employer.0 -
MovingForwards wrote: »No company 'gives' sick days, they either pay normal salary for X time then SSP or have a sickness policy which is SSP.
All companies (should) have a sickness /absence policy or reference to it.
If your company has an intranet site (internal use only internet site) the policy should be available on it, or you could ask your HR department for a copy.
Many companies have a sickness policy which means they face disciplinary action for more than X times off (not X days but X amounts of absence) in a rolling period.
Do you think someone should not be allowed to go to work because they have a cold? Just on the off chance you might catch it? How about the person in the bus/train who is starting to get/coming to the end of their cold are they not able to use public transport in case you catch a cold from them?
I actually appreciate colleagues coming into work with coughs/colds / insert other illness.... why? Because it shows they have a stronger work ethic than crying off for a day with the 'flu'.
I am on day 6 of a dreadful sore throat, morning 2 of hardly any sleep due to coughing, day 1 of sneezing/runny nose.
Yes, I feel like crap, but not enough to justify time off.
I will be going into work today, as have a few of my other colleagues who have had this and still trying to shake it off 2 weeks later.
Just my thoughts on it.
On the other hand you could infect half the office and be the cause of all sorts of problems....would it not be better to avoid the office until feeling some what better than you do now.0 -
@movingforward my company gives sick days. Self cert until a week of sickness. Full pay. Up to six months, full pay. One man had cancer, they paid seven months and had to consider sacking - but he died.
Really stupid to give that much but it’s a big organization and I guess it’s always been the way.
When would you consider not going to work because being ill for two weeks is miserable.0 -
When this thread started the OP had no "sick days". Now they miraculously have full pay for six months.@movingforward my company gives sick days. Self cert until a week of sickness. Full pay. Up to six months, full pay. One man had cancer, they paid seven months and had to consider sacking - but he died.
Really stupid to give that much but it’s a big organization and I guess it’s always been the way.
When would you consider not going to work because being ill for two weeks is miserable.0 -
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