Onket
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I make calls from my phone.
I email from my computer.
Oh, and we have to call by 10am, so no need to get up at 7 for that.
"Off sick"-type emails
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I make calls from my phone.
I email from my computer.
Oh, and we have to call by 10am, so no need to get up at 7 for that.
strung out
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i think it's more respectful to phone in sick, even if you maybe send a text or e-mail early in the morning, then ring in later to check they got the message and update them on your status.
Onket
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You could just update your status on facebook instead.
strung out
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they shouldn't be checking your facebook updates on work time though
Onket
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Does that mean they won't?
Geri
wasn't born to follow
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
All I do is text my boss to say "Hi *****, not feeling very well, not coming into the office today, let me know if there's anything urgent you need to know" (I'm an admin-type person).
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
i love the fact i can email in if i'm off sick. Phoning (if you're faking it) requires acting and leaves you open to questioning
A colleague of mine has been off sick for one reason after another for the best part of a year.
Today she confirmed that she won't be in next week, because she slipped on some leaves while going to post the sick note for last week.
She's not even making an effort anymore
I thought long-term sick leave was a thing of the past, obviously not. Has anyone tried talking to her about the reason's behind it?
Onket
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A colleague of mine has been off sick for one reason after another for the best part of a year.
Today she confirmed that she won't be in next week, because she slipped on some leaves while going to post the sick note for last week.
She's not even making an effort anymore
If that is real it's fantastic!
During our last re-structuring at work, they terminated the contract of someone who had been off for 3 years. Only a handful of people here now had ever met her!
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
We have to contact Active Health Partners at least two hours before we're due to be at work (which is difficult sometimes).
They have nurses who take the call and ask you a few questions, give advice (usually "go see a doctor") and the line manager is then informed. You then have to call in each subsequent day that you're sick until you return.
Quite rigourous, but probably does stop some people swinging the lead.
They have nurses who take the call and ask you a few questions, give advice (usually "go see a doctor") and the line manager is then informed. You then have to call in each subsequent day that you're sick until you return.
Quite rigourous, but probably does stop some people swinging the lead.
trashpony
Hag
A colleague of mine has been off sick for one reason after another for the best part of a year.
Today she confirmed that she won't be in next week, because she slipped on some leaves while going to post the sick note for last week.
She's not even making an effort anymore
brilliant. I have a colleague who was off sick for a week last week after 'slipping on a chip' and who didn't come in yesterday because her boyfriend's car had been broken into and he was very upset. She has also been off for the day because he caught his foreskin in his zip. He is 43 
uggghghghggg. Dirty.
Interesting.
Does an employee in the UK have any right of privacy with regards to a medical condition requiring time off work, beyond it being confirmed by a medical professional that you are unfit for work?
Can you be required to disclose your condition to medical staff the company nominates? And if so, do they have any duty of patient confidentiality, (other than, perhaps, to say you are unfit for work?)
sleaterkinney
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I always phone in.
bi0boy
Power User
Why's that "quite right"
By that logic a telegram would be better, and hiring a runner would be the most acceptable method.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't email an off-sickie tbh - get someone to ring in for you, although i usually text. My previous boss used to pull the "if you're well enough to turn on your computer and send me an email, well you're well enough...." routine. 
I've always thought you should phone in. Yourself.
No particular reason that anyone "needs" to have someone else to do it.
e2a: I think what I mean here is that, if your illness/injury means you can't phone, then any phone call by someone else is a favour to all concerned, not a "need" for either the employer or the employee.
No particular reason that anyone "needs" to have someone else to do it.
e2a: I think what I mean here is that, if your illness/injury means you can't phone, then any phone call by someone else is a favour to all concerned, not a "need" for either the employer or the employee.
Onket
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Why's that "quite right"
By that logic a telegram would be better, and hiring a runner would be the most acceptable method.
Why is it not quite right?
I used to work with this guy who was addicted to booze and barbiturates (no idea where he got them from), who used to leave brilliant answerphone sickie-messages for my boss at 4am in the morning. His claims to have the flu would have carried a bit more weight if he hadn't sounded like a tape deck with almost-flat batteries.
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