Are some employers really insisting on covid+ staff coming in?

[dorisdohnson]

Keep seeing it posted about, gov guidelines state no work. Are employers really allowed to insist employees with covid come into work

Of course they are. We have to live with it, like we should have been doing all along.

Yes. If you are surprised by this you must be very lucky. The vast majority of employers in the UK treat their staff like shit. This is just another manifestation of this.

Mine would, if we were well enough to be working. I work in manufacturing and the general public don't care if we are ill, they only care that their items arrive on time. So we need to be at work.

Mine isn't and I work in hospitality, so they will always say not to come in if you are unwell.

Our say don’t come in when positive, I think we are supposed to believe most emplees say do but I think many are saying no while testing is still available it’s the end of testing that changes things

My employer says not to ( a university) and so does DPs ( high street bank).
Having said that yes there are definetly employers who say some in regardless. It's why the goverment got rid of the legal requirement so they were not responsible for providing support to people and businesses while isolating.

Our policy is you come in if you feel well enough.

Ds is at college and they told the students that simply being covid positive is not enough excuse to not attend.

Dd is in hospitality and they all have covid and are at work.

Some employers are.

DH's are to come in if you need to only if you have your own office and to absolutely limit your contact with anyone else. They also want people to notifiy them/colleagues if they're coming in positive.

DS works in a care home and they're still absolutely not to come in if postive and to test regularly still.

One of the local schools seem to be suggesting they're close to asking staff to come in if they are physically well enough. Thankfully the two schools my lot attend are still being very careful as DD4 is CEV so school for her siblings is a delicate balance for us.

@Bananabutter

Of course they are. We have to live with it, like we should have been doing all along.

You have a seriously questionable attitude

Mine haven't said yet but they'll make us come in I'd imagine.

@Bananabutter

Of course they are. We have to live with it, like we should have been doing all along.

Yawn!

NHS staff and definitely not working with symptoms or positive test.

DD's work say to tell HR if you test positive but if you're well enough, just come in.

DD is a teacher and they were haranguing her into coming back in after five days, despite still testing positive and feeling unwell. She eventually went back after seven days but they were less than impressed.

@Bananabutter

Of course they are. We have to live with it, like we should have been doing all along.

"Living with it" isn't synonymous for "pretend it isn't happening"

My work isn't & collegues would definitely be unimpressed if you casually came in COVID+.

But it is possible to wfh, so less of a problem to deal with.

@Bananabutter

Of course they are. We have to live with it, like we should have been doing all along.

And tough tits to your vulnerable colleagues/family members/customers, eh?

Mine are asking you to isolate for the 5-10 days.

If unwell then it's time off and if well enough then WFH.

It's not easy to wfh as it's a school (easier for teachers) but I have to be honest they've been very good. But we've seen how fast it can spread.

I work in Education (support staff) We have been told that if we are unwell we should not come in (same as any pre covid illness). But if we are well enough to work then we should be in (so imagine if you had a bit of a snuffle vs full blown flu). Whether it is covid is irrelevant apparently. We no longer have the option to work from home (more relevant for the teachers who up until recently have been able to stream lessons from home if they were isolating etc).

It's a tricky one for sure. Personally if I knew I had covid (even if I felt ok) I would be very uncomfortable going into my open plan office where we have two clinically vulnerable people. Morally it feels wrong.

Previously if you were off with covid it didn't affect our sickness record but that isn't the case anymore. If we are off it is taken out of our sickness "allowance".

We are no longer asked to do lateral flow tests twice a week (though they are freely available still).

Of course.
Isolating now won't stop much really imo when shortly testing will be stopped 🤷‍♀️

@QuebecBagnet that's shocking, I work for a well known hospitality chain and we are to come back when negative. Obviously some people probably wouldn't say they have it and still go but we are meant to ring up. I'm Covid positive currently and I rang up.

We've already had covid positive staff in last week at our Primary school.

Don't get paid sick pay, so looking forward to telling customers to stand back if I get covid.