Calling in Sick to Work
Wednesday January 11, 2006
You wake up during the night and you don't feel quite right. You fall back to sleep hoping whatever is ailing you goes away by morning so you can avoid calling in sick to work. You have a lot to do after all, and the office might just fall apart without you there ... or will it? If you were more coherent, you would know they would survive a day or two of your absence. However, you still worry about calling in sick. Maybe you're afraid you won't finish a project in time or that calling in sick will reflect poorly on you. Even so, a sick employee generally isn't a productive one. What he is though, is a contagious one who will spread germs to his co-workers who will in turn be faced with the dilemma of whether to call in sick tomorrow. Here are some illnesses and symptoms that give you good reason for calling in sick to work.
Comments
I have called in sick 3 times this month because I have been getting really sick from work. I work with the public and their are lots of germs around. Also I am five months pregnant so I am not allowed to take medicine when I do get sick, so my doctor says stay at home and get better. However my employer has written up a verbal warning with the threat to terminate my job because I was sick for 3 separate days. Is this fair or did they do something illegal could someone let me know because it feels illegal for me.
yeah i would be interested in know the same thing because i was in the hospital and sick and im 8 months pregnants and ive called in maybe 3 times in the last few months and they said they were gonna write me up and basically that i wasnt allowed to call in sick ever again and im sorry i cant help it this pregnancy has been bad and ive been really sick