Do you other adults stay off work for 2 days if you're sick?

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And other things. If you are sick do you literally stay home for 48 hours?
I'm intrigued to know.

Need more info. Do you mean physically being sick, or just feeling unwell?
I don't think I've ever stayed home for 48 hours for anything less than tonsillitis.

Yes I have done. I'm a lp but I've managed to get a relative or school parent to do the drop off and pick ups. It's only happened a couple of times.

Not usually. Always do if my DS is sick though.

Yes! I am in my second day off work today! Feeling a bit better today - my first sickness days in at least five years.

I mean physically sick. It's just that schools have the 48 hour rule and I always hear people on mn saying how bad it is to leave the house with your child less than 48 hours after the last time they were sick..but I wondered whether people actually stick to it?

My boss would rather have you sitting with a bucket in the back than have anyone take a day off. This has actually happened a few times. Not to me thankfully. She made a memo to give to all staff saying it was unacceptable to be off sick ever and if you didn't make the effort to come in you would no longer have a job. HR were not impressed when they got wind of that one!

If I am sick no I dont.

allthebabies that's awful!

I think what I'm getting at is that everyone says you can't possibly be in contact with anyone if you have been sick less than 48 hours ago. But really... is it even possible?! What if you are sick in the morning but perk up in the afternoon and have no food in but live alone? You may need to pop to the shop?

If I am throwing up I send an email saying I'm going to be late, then go in once it has stopped. I never stay in 48 hours after trowing up, it would be really frowned upon at work.

Not for myself, and fortunately I am very rarely sick.

I had to humour it for the purposes of school when the children were young, and certainly while they were at primary school. It was one of the reasons I was a SAHM during those years.

I'm a nurse so absolutely have to stick to the 48 hour rule after a my D&V.

Nope - I'm a contractor so if I don't work I don't get paid. If I was actually sick I'd obviously be off that day as would selfish (and unpleasant all around) to go in and risk spreading it, but as soon as I was better (assuming a 24 hour thing) I'd be back. Amazing how contracting concentrates the mind vis a vis sickness and therefore not getting paid though. Have not had a day off sick for nearly 5 years!

We have phoned someone on the way to work to say "stay home you fool!". It's not an environment that requires particular care (just an office, not caring for vulnerable people). Just that nobody likes being ill and so if unsure, it's easy to wfh. Helps not to have pigshit stupid managers too.

TBH I tend to take the day I'm actually sick as sick, then wfh if feeling fine.

I think it depends on circumstances. Working in a office, limited physical contact, not such a issue. Where you have vulnerable people or children, definitely, but these places tend to have the 48 hour rule for a reason.

I work in a hospital and when we get D&V it's a nightmare. The ward can be closed for a good fortnight while it does the rounds (patients and staff!). We can't transfer anyone in those times or move anyone back to care homes either so it causes huge disruption to the flow of the hospital.

I work in a nursery so staff as well as the children have to stick to the 48 hour rule which is fun when there's a big doing the rounds

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I give it a day after being sick, I always need it to recover anyway. I think they recommend 48 hours for children because their hygiene is dubious! and for healthcare professionals because the consequences of passing something on are greater.

I always assume the reasoning with children was because it is so easy for them to infect each other? As an adult, if I was sick but had stopped throwing up I would probably go back to work the next day. However, I would be extra-careful with hand washing, touching surfaces etc and would make sure to keep away from colleagues.

Hell, no.

No sick pay where I work. Can't afford to drop shifts.

Also, if no one can cover your shift you have to go in.

Yes, even though there is no sick pay. We cannot risk passing it on to the residents, it goes around work so quickly and more than 3 cases mean we have to close to visitors.

I think it's less important with adults as we are better at being clean and staying away from people.

True. It's just that I often see people saying not to take kids out if they've been sick even if just nipping to the shop with toddler strapped in buggy! I just think it's an unrealistic expectation.

No. I'm a teacher and there's not a hope in hell my place of employment would allow* you to stay off for 48 hours after you last vomited.

*Allow = I know technically they can't stop you, but you would be pressured, shouted at and/or a Dr's note demanded. All illegal, but still... it happens.

That's awful KingJoffrey don't you work as a carer?