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Poll: Should Employees Go To Work Sick?

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    Work SickIf your company has a “paid time off” (PTO) policy instead of traditional vacation time, you might have to go to work sick if you want a vacation.

    However, you could be forced to go home if you’ve got as much as a runny nose!

    According to this article on CBS News, an employer with PTO has the power to exclude sick employees from the workplace.

    Although this may sound appealing because it gives illness less of a chance to spread in the workplace, this policy can severely cut into vacation time for sickly employees.

    However, an employer with a PTO policy also can require an employee to go home if they show even the slightest signs of illness. That means, even if you are perfectly capable of working, you still might be sent home if you’ve got the sniffles.

    But what about that vacation with your family in March? You might have to reschedule if you “use” too many sick days.

    So, should employees be allowed to go to work sick and risk getting others ill? Or should they stay home and allow their vacation time to slip away?

    What would you do if you had limited time and didn’t want to waste it as a sick day?

    Please take our poll and tell us what you think!

    Would you come to work sick, and risk making others sick, just to save your PTO?

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      One Comment

      1. Pocono Chuck

        January 18, 2013 at 11:47 AM

        Unless my role has me in close contact with my peers, I come to work regardless of whether I have a head cold or the like.

        I wash my hands, use paper towels on the faucets, keep to myself. If you commute on public transportation (I don’t) you’re exposed to more germs than interacting with me over my cubicle wall.

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