Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being denied. EU region.

Re:Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being de... by cafxx on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:32PM (#22613022)

(While I think this is hilarious) I would advise against this as, by doing it intentionally, you may be breaking the law (hard to know for sure as laws differ between EU countries).

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Re:Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being de... by gorbachev on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:35PM (#22613032)

Yes, not something you should do on purpose.

However, that's still going to happen. Once someone high enough gets sick all of a sudden the company will start caring about their employees.

Once the situation clears, I would encourage everyone at this company to quit and find somewhere else to work.

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Re:Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being de... by TYPE-ERROR on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:20PM (#22613294)

I too love this kind of humor. Don't worry, I'm not one to break reasonable laws, much less try to harm people. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being de... by mandelbrotwurst on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:59PM (#22613179)

A law against spreading illness if you're actually sick seems reasonable, but against coughing to feign illness?

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Re:Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being de... by odshoifsdhfs on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:03PM (#22613206)

Problem is, if he is asymptomatic, he may be spreading it anyways, and may have criminal charges thrown at him (happened already in many places)

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Re:Ask HN: Help. Covid case at work; remote work is being de... by catalogia on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:48PM (#22613111)

It would be pretty hard to prove somebody coughed deliberately (unless they talked about their plan online first...)

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