To expect people ill with Covid stay home?

If people stayed home (where possible) when they have Covid - or any other infectious illness - then there would be less of it around, and less need to stay home …. Because you’re ill less often!!

Covid is very different to cold and flu sadly. Not just long Covid - which can be utterly debilitating and last for years - but it can also cause organ damage. Plus it’s recently been proven to cause long-term damage to people’s immune systems, so it’s likely that repeat infections are playing into the rise in lots of other illnesses.

It’s a no brainer. If you can stay home, then you should. Why risk ruining someone’s life if you can avoid it? 🤯

If people stayed home (where possible) when they have Covid - or any other infectious illness - then there would be less of it around, and less need to stay home …. Because you’re ill less often!!

Covid is very different to cold and flu sadly. Not just long Covid - which can be utterly debilitating and last for years - but it can also cause organ damage. Plus it’s recently been proven to cause long-term damage to people’s immune systems, so it’s likely that repeat infections are playing into the rise in lots of other illnesses.

It’s a no brainer. If you can stay home, then you should. Why risk ruining someone’s life if you can avoid it? 🤯

I am also a tutor and prefer to model a sense of responsibility by not just taking of myself, my students and the community by NOT infecting people. And I disapprove of students who come to my office sneezing and hacking and running a temperature. Coworkers also.

@maxslice Are you paid for time off sick?

What’s your obsession with people being paid for time of sick?

You should know the answer any way:

1. employees are paid for time off sick. Since April 2026 it’s become a day 1 right
2. self-employed presumably make an allowance for it in their hourly rate (they’d be foolish not to)

So…..? Can you help us understand the base of your obsession? Or is a peculiar chip on your shoulder for some reason

@ExpectMore I'm employed through an agency. I don't get paid if off ill. So you're wrong.
Perhaps you could let the lady reply rather than butting in please?

Agency workers, or at least any I’ve used, have a higher hourly rate to account for the fact they’re not paid when on holiday / sick etc.

Either way, it still doesn’t explain your obsession with it!

@ExpectMore Let's ask agency workers about that, shall we? 🤣

Can ask them all you want. I know exactly how it works as I use a stack of them at work

I thought we had already clarified that SSP is not the same as being paid for being off sick. The difference in a days pay for me would be over £100.

@ExpectMore OK. You know more than me, M'Lady. I've only been agency for 2 years after all...
But is really lovely to see you pay them more out of the goodness of your own heart and business comes second ❤️

@HappyLizard23 I thought we had too 😀

And many dont HTH.

I’m surprised that anyone employs you given your tone and general lack of understanding of how business works. Generally it’s good for business to treat employees well, once you realise that and get the green eyed monster back in its box it might all click 😉

Accepted it’s less but still paid.

This topic is a little like paying nursery fees when kids are off sick / on holiday. People forget that if you didn’t and only paid when in, you’d just pay more per the hour when they’re in as the business needs to generate the same income to cover the fixed costs (and will assumed an average attendance across the year to help them do so).

So there’s no point getting worked out about “not getting paid” or “getting paid less” when off. You need to look at it from the bigger picture perspective

Here we go again with you insulting posters you dont agree with
I hope you treat your employees better

just read the message I was responding to…

For what I can tell they’re happy enough. Never have any attrition issues and have folk from other departments wanting to transfer in. So all good thanks :)

Is this still being said whilst ignoring questions about how people should make provision to cover the shortfall SSP would leave while not having the financial capability to actually do so?

@x2boys Thank you. I am just choosing to ignore that poster now as she clearly is just out to pick a fight without having any understanding of what it is to just about get by financially.
She says she has, but the reality couldn't be further from the truth.