To think most people go to work with minor illnesses?

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I think most people go to work with minor illnesses. The kind of things I am talking about are backache, sprained ankle, sore throat, cold, headache, etc.

Yes of course - although I think people have become a bit more cautious about colds since covid.

Of course they do. Otherwise a hell of a lot of people would be managed out of their jobs die to ill health.

Most people do, but our team go to the office once a week and we have a soft approach to these things. We have vulnerable people in our team so colds and things are out, and we wouldn’t expect someone to travel in if they were injured. Everyones on the same page and we tend to respect our employer for allowing the flexibility. It goes both ways

It depends what you do. I work in an office and I’d just work from home if I was under the weather. My employer also offers unlimited sick leave since covid to incentivise staying at home when you’re ill.

But not all jobs will be like that - especially minimum wage work.

I went to work the day after having a miscarriage, didn't want to stay off because my bitch of a manager would have gone mad with me being off, I actually had another one at work & carried on working for the rest of the day because I didn't dare ask for permission to go home. Looking back I must have been crazy, I was so upset that 20 years later I can't think how I managed to do it, my then husband & mum offered to ring in for me but my manager wouldn't have accepted them ringing for me.

Yes.
In some jobs you don't get paid at all if you don't go in (this is legal- SSP is for after the first three days).