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Original poster

To work with covid?

27 replies

CovidWork · 19/12/2022 10:47

Hi all
I work in an office and I've got covid, my boss thinks now it's not illegal I should have gone in

I do feel very unwell.

AIBU for not working, or do we all ignore it now

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Threadkillacilla · 19/12/2022 10:49

DC has it and was told by tesco if he felt fit he has to go in.

ghjklo · 19/12/2022 10:50

if you're not well enough to work thne you can't go in, covid or not!

these idiot bosses. Not to mention you'll pass it to everyone else who will then go off - more time off sick for everyone.

Willmafrockfit · 19/12/2022 10:50

if you feel unwell dont go to work

SirMingeALot · 19/12/2022 10:50

If you're too ill to work, which given that you've said you feel very unwell you likely are, then you aren't unreasonable not to work. The fact that it's covid is a red herring really. Rules about isolation relate to pandemic management, not whether a given individual is actually unwell or not.

LimeCheesecake · 19/12/2022 10:51

ira now treated like normal sickness - so if you are too unwell to work, then you don’t go in. I’d you are well enough to work, the. Go in. If it was a non-covid cold, do you feel you would go to work today?

Witsendwilly · 19/12/2022 10:51

CovidWork · 19/12/2022 10:47

Hi all
I work in an office and I've got covid, my boss thinks now it's not illegal I should have gone in

I do feel very unwell.

AIBU for not working, or do we all ignore it now

Just imagine it’s still 2019 when if you felt Ok you went to work and if you were too ill to work you didn’t . That’s where we are at with COVID, I don’t think people even bother testing now (unless they work with vulnerable people etc)

If you feel well enough to go to work then you go to work. It’s that simple.

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CovidWork · 19/12/2022 10:53

LimeCheesecake · 19/12/2022 10:51

ira now treated like normal sickness - so if you are too unwell to work, then you don’t go in. I’d you are well enough to work, the. Go in. If it was a non-covid cold, do you feel you would go to work today?

I definitely wouldn't go in, I feel terrible this makes a cold feel like nothing (for me)

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ArcheryAnnie · 19/12/2022 10:53

No, don't go to work with covid. It's irresponsible. Your manager should not have asked you to do so.

Witsendwilly · 19/12/2022 10:54

ghjklo · 19/12/2022 10:50

if you're not well enough to work thne you can't go in, covid or not!

these idiot bosses. Not to mention you'll pass it to everyone else who will then go off - more time off sick for everyone.

Not true at all. It’s not even a given that someone who shares a bed with a person with COVID will get it, never mind a colleague.

That was the case during the height of the pandemic, never mind now with the high levels of protection obtained both naturally and by vaccines.

I wouldn’t mind betting most of us have had it several times and not even noticed.

lanthanum · 19/12/2022 10:55

If you're feeling really grotty with it, then you don't go in. There's no law on whether you can go to work with flu, but nobody (reasonable) expects you to go in when you should be in bed.

The grey area is if you feel reasonably okay, when I think it comes down to company policy. Where that isn't mutually agreed, there will probably be some colleagues who would prefer you to say you are iller than you actually are.

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CovidWork · 19/12/2022 10:55

ArcheryAnnie · 19/12/2022 10:53

No, don't go to work with covid. It's irresponsible. Your manager should not have asked you to do so.

What a mixed message from this thread, huh,

My dad has COPD, I'll have to re iterate places like Tesco workers who had covid are expected to work, and get him to wear a mask again,

I know it's not illegal but he might die of it, etc

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SirMingeALot · 19/12/2022 10:55

CovidWork · 19/12/2022 10:53

I definitely wouldn't go in, I feel terrible this makes a cold feel like nothing (for me)

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Then you were right to stay off.

SirMingeALot · 19/12/2022 10:56

CovidWork · 19/12/2022 10:55

What a mixed message from this thread, huh,

My dad has COPD, I'll have to re iterate places like Tesco workers who had covid are expected to work, and get him to wear a mask again,

I know it's not illegal but he might die of it, etc

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Pretty much everyone agrees you were right to stay off, so not that mixed!

IndieK1d · 19/12/2022 10:58

Is WFH an option?

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 19/12/2022 10:59

If you're too sick to work, dont go in. That really hasnt changed from pre-covid days so I dont really understand all the hand wringing on this.

Polarbearyfairy · 19/12/2022 11:00

I don't want to work in the office with anyone with ANY ill, not just covid! Your boss is a shortsighted idiot.

Hbh17 · 19/12/2022 11:13

Go in. We all do that with coughs & colds (except hospital & care staff) and Covid is no different. I would be embarrassed to self-certify sick leave or a cold or similar.

Dotjones · 19/12/2022 11:15

If you're ill with something that can be spread easily to others, stay at home. It's really that simple.

Claudia84 · 19/12/2022 11:17

As others have said. Whether it's Covid or not it doesn't matter. If you are unwell don't spread your gems

vodkaredbullgirl · 19/12/2022 11:23

I had covid 2 weeks ago, no symptoms at all. Still went into work, as there was already covid in the care home. I just stayed away from the one's who didn't have it.

LlynTegid · 19/12/2022 11:24

Work from home even at half pace if it is possible.

Sorry to read you have a manager who is uncaring. Given how the impact of Covid and the deaths/hospital admissions are disproportionately older people and from certain ethnic minorities, I'd feel happy calling him indirectly discriminatory to older people and an unintentional racist.

smileandsing · 19/12/2022 11:30

My workplace have a 5 days at home or until you feel better, whichever is longer policy. This is to protect the staff and the business. I was off for 3 weeks when I had it because I'm CEV, despite the multiple vaccinations. Don't put people at risk unnecessarily.
I think you should stay at home, particularly if you are actually unwell with it. If you can WFH then that's an option if you're well enough.

Original poster
CovidWork · 19/12/2022 12:04

Thanks for input,
I'm off and that's that. Wanted to see what opinion was

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Abraxan · 19/12/2022 12:15

If you feel unwell you should stay home regardless.

If you have covid and not unwell, it is still advisable to work from home if you are able.
If not able it's good to let your colleagues know. They can then be aware, especially if they or close family are particularly vulnerable.

EmmaDilemma5 · 19/12/2022 12:18

The general rule now tends to be, you don't have to isolate with Covid.

So if you're feeling well enough to work, you work.

If you feel too ill to work, then don't go in. As you wouldn't with a bad cold or headache etc.

The fact it's Covid is irrelevant. It's how you feel.

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