If you stay off work due to symptoms, and your test is negative, will your absence count towards the attendance procedure?
It's not so much of a problem now, but come Autumn / Winter, with seasonal bugs around, it will be a BIG problem.
It's not unusual for someone to get 2 or 3 minor coughs, colds etc in a year that they would normally ignore. But if you have to stay off every time, you could be stacking up those stages.
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It should be discounted as you following national policy and guidance by self isolating till yopu got the result.sindba wrote:If you stay off work due to symptoms, and your test is negative, will your absence count towards the attendance procedure?
It's not so much of a problem now, but come Autumn / Winter, with seasonal bugs around, it will be a BIG problem.
It's not unusual for someone to get 2 or 3 minor coughs, colds etc in a year that they would normally ignore. But if you have to stay off every time, you could be stacking up those stages.
However it can be counted if the absence is considered excessive, or "repeat in nature" Check out the stickies in this forum.
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If you followed procedure then you will be fine, keep notes of dates and incidents.
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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It's that "repeat in nature" that's worrying me.TrueBlueTerrier wrote:It should be discounted as you following national policy and guidance by self isolating till yopu got the result.sindba wrote:If you stay off work due to symptoms, and your test is negative, will your absence count towards the attendance procedure?
It's not so much of a problem now, but come Autumn / Winter, with seasonal bugs around, it will be a BIG problem.
It's not unusual for someone to get 2 or 3 minor coughs, colds etc in a year that they would normally ignore. But if you have to stay off every time, you could be stacking up those stages.
However it can be counted if the absence is considered excessive, or "repeat in nature" Check out the stickies in this forum.
Most people will have 2 or 3 minor coughs and colds a winter. You will HAVE to stay off every time, yet risk coming back to a stage.
For that reason some posties will come in anyway, and might even have Covid.
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If someone's on a stage 2 at risk of a stage 3, chances are they're going to come in, even if there's a high chance of them having covidsindba wrote:It's that "repeat in nature" that's worrying me.TrueBlueTerrier wrote:It should be discounted as you following national policy and guidance by self isolating till yopu got the result.sindba wrote:If you stay off work due to symptoms, and your test is negative, will your absence count towards the attendance procedure?
It's not so much of a problem now, but come Autumn / Winter, with seasonal bugs around, it will be a BIG problem.
It's not unusual for someone to get 2 or 3 minor coughs, colds etc in a year that they would normally ignore. But if you have to stay off every time, you could be stacking up those stages.
However it can be counted if the absence is considered excessive, or "repeat in nature" Check out the stickies in this forum.
Most people will have 2 or 3 minor coughs and colds a winter. You will HAVE to stay off every time, yet risk coming back to a stage.
For that reason some posties will come in anyway, and might even have Covid.
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If someone is coughing and spluttering then you need to inform a manager who will then have to deal with it and send the individual home!SpacePhoenix wrote:If someone's on a stage 2 at risk of a stage 3, chances are they're going to come in, even if there's a high chance of them having covidsindba wrote:It's that "repeat in nature" that's worrying me.TrueBlueTerrier wrote:It should be discounted as you following national policy and guidance by self isolating till yopu got the result.sindba wrote:If you stay off work due to symptoms, and your test is negative, will your absence count towards the attendance procedure?
It's not so much of a problem now, but come Autumn / Winter, with seasonal bugs around, it will be a BIG problem.
It's not unusual for someone to get 2 or 3 minor coughs, colds etc in a year that they would normally ignore. But if you have to stay off every time, you could be stacking up those stages.
However it can be counted if the absence is considered excessive, or "repeat in nature" Check out the stickies in this forum.
Most people will have 2 or 3 minor coughs and colds a winter. You will HAVE to stay off every time, yet risk coming back to a stage.
For that reason some posties will come in anyway, and might even have Covid.