What is your current work policy on Covid?

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I've returned from maternity leave this week to find that there is now no Covid policy at all and people are openly attending work with symptomatic Covid and making no effort to distance with it.

This has made me shocked and a bit uncomfortable, despite not being particularly fearful of Covid generally and having had it in January!

I know there is no longer a legal requirement to isolate but NHS guidelines still advise to isolate for 5 days.

AIBU to feel it's wrong for people to be in work with Covid? Is this standard practice in workplaces now?

We test with LFT's twice a week and have a PCR once a week. Work supplies these.
If we're positive we have to stay home. No pay for the first three days then sick pay after that. Many staff do two or three 12hr shifts a week so will pretty much be wageless for a week.
It's a Care home. The threat of such a low or no wage at all would financially fuck many people considering the shockingly low normal wages mean savings are a pipe dream. I'm waiting for the day someone comes in with covid and lies about the test.

Also work in a school. Covid no different to any other illness, if you are too sick to work, you stay at home. If you are well enough to be in, you should be in, regardless if you are positive. Masks and distancing optional.

Covid is treated the same as any other illness in our place. So come in if you’re well enough.

We can’t work from home and are customer facing (retail).

We still have 'free' sick days if you test positive and are fully vaccinated (or can provide proof that there's a medical reason why you can't be) so it doesn't affect your sick points - we work on 3 occasions and/or 11 days sick in a rolling year equals no more company sick pay so that was a pretty important ruling.
Don't know how long that will last though.

How can you tell if it is covid or something like hay fever which can display many of the same symptoms. That ship has sailed OP - life is back to normal now.

We also must wear masks all shift long at work and may only remove them when changing them or away from any other person whilst on a break. It feels like we'll never get rid of the masks...

Large supermarket chain, tests available at work. Stay home if positive for at least 5 days.

I work in the NHS so probably the strictest. No pcrs just lfts for symptoms, if negative back to work and if positive you test on day 5 and if negative back to work or stay off until negative upto 10 days.

Pregnant workers are non clinical after 28 weeks.

Masks and eye protection as standard with ffp3 if performing aerosol generating procedures.

Policy where I work is to do an LFT and stay home. LFT again on day 5 and then back to the office only if that’s negative. Basically nobody is meant to be in with symptoms or a positive LFT. It’s up to us whether we work from home or take sick leave - totally depends on whether we feel well enough.

Dh work has onsite weekly testing. You must stay off site for 7 days if you test positive so wfh or 7 days sick depending on your role/ how ill you are. They don't allow self declared lateral flows because covid rates increased dramatically when they allowed them for a few weeks.

I'm NHS Scotland. Special leave for covid with twice weekly lft testing. Masks mandatory unless sitting at desk or eating/drinking.