Workers are calling out sick in droves

Re:Workers are calling out sick in droves by micromacrofoot on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:01PM (#29984034)

>In order for workers to call out sick they must be sick

I'm going to assume you're not from the US, because if you are you've got to be pulling my leg.

The US has no mandated time off for workers, so many people will "call out sick" if they need time off for anything. This is especially true of lower wage workers.

Before starting to work in my career I literally never had vacation time. If something came up (good or bad) I'd have to "call out" (colloquially the "sick" is often dropped, which may indicate how normal this is). Usually this only works for a day or two at a time.

So sure, I'd call out if I were sick... but I'd be just as likely to call out for a friend's birthday, a hotly anticipated video game, or some other frivolous thing.

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Re:Workers are calling out sick in droves by parkingrift on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:41AM (#29995022)

I am from the US, but whenever I have called out sick at hourly jobs I was required to bring in a doctors note. I haven't worked hourly in some time so perhaps things have changed.

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