Can I Get Fired for Calling in Sick

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12-04-2006, x:02 AM

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This was a topic on Skillful Morning America this Morn! They were also, discussing the dissimilar excuses people come up with when calling in sick, (when their not) .Case: I lost my I-pod and spent all nighttime looking for it and didn't get plenty sleep! I have to analyze this was more of a funny segment than a serious i. What excuses have you came up with? What practice you recall about co-workers or your employees coming to piece of work sick? Last edited past DBNN; 12-04-2006 at x:32 AM..

12-04-2006, 10:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by DBNN This was a topic on Good Morning America this Forenoon! They were also, discussing the different excuses people come up up with when calling in ill, (when their not) .Example: I lost my I-pod and spent all night looking for information technology and didn't become enough sleep! What excuses take yous came upwards with? What is worse? 1) Stealing work fourth dimension by being on the "INTERNET" at work? ii) Stealing office supplies? three) Gossip What do you recall well-nigh coming to work ill? People should non experience like they have to get work when their are sick because they are afraid of losing their job. I know what that is like, I am ill a lot and when I worked I had bosses that were hateful when I called in, some were understanding only not many. I don't think you lot're stealing work time if information technology'southward your break time or lunch fourth dimension. Stealing is NEVER ok even if information technology is just office supplies. Gossip is NEVER ok, it can ruin lives.

12-04-2006, xi:32 AM

LoveBoating Location: Northern Colorado 7,676 posts, read eighteen,327,060 times Reputation: 4933

If I'm adequately sick, I will accept the day off and phone call in to my Supervisor. He really isn't to happy with people taking off sick, we take a fairly small department, but I DON'T CARE! If I'm sick, I'g sick! He very rarely takes any days off from work for annihilation......sickness or vacation. He told me in one case, "I think vacations are a waste material of coin!". "To each their own" I said to myself. It really bothers me (inside my heed) when someone comes to work cough like mad with a cold. I have a lot of "downward time" where I work, so going on the Internet is 1 fashion to "waste material some time". Shoot, I take even worked on my resume' at my desk and printed out some copies of information technology on our printer. I only walk out to the printer quickly and go the copies off. Stealing role supplies: Well, if I need a "sticky annotation" pad at home (or a pen/Magic Marking...whatever, and accept an extra one in my desk, I'll take one home with me. To me it's non stealing. Gossip: Naw, I don't "gossip", just unless there is something "existent juicy" at work to talk about . Hey, I'k outgoing and fairly "mouthy"......what would you expect?????

12-04-2006, xi:57 AM

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My married man simply misses nearly one day a year.. He wasn't sick but just needed a twenty-four hour period off . We went to a restaurant for breakfast. Nosotros only sabbatum down when his bosses best friend sat downwardly at the berth behind us. Talk about a waste material of coin. He was then nervous he couldn't even eat. Then came the conversation. The bosses friend said to my husband "Hey******Are yous off today? Lesson learned.....When you live in a small town, Practice not phone call in sick and become out for breakfast....... If you practice, bulldoze to the next town.

12-04-2006, 12:nineteen PM

jkmewright Location: Chattanooga TN 2,349 posts, read 10,157,077 times Reputation: 1242

We had a adult female phone call in sick and the next thing we know she has broken her foot on that very same day 110 miles abroad (where daughter lives) in a shopping mall! There was no style nosotros would non detect out virtually it every bit she had to stay at her girl's house for several days and as well to make several trips downwards there to the medico for checkups when she returned habitation! She was not fired but it'southward a continuing joke at work now whenever someone IS sick not to be out shopping.

12-04-2006, 12:44 PM

MoMark Location: Springfield, Missouri 2,815 posts, read 12,524,380 times Reputation: 2000001451

Quote: Originally Posted by LoveBoating If I'k fairly ill, I will take the day off and call in to my Supervisor. He really isn't to happy with people taking off ill, we have a fairly small department, but I DON'T CARE! If I'm sick, I'm sick! He very rarely takes whatever days off from piece of work for anything......sickness or vacation. He told me once, "I think vacations are a waste of money!". "To each their own" I said to myself. It really bothers me (inside my mind) when someone comes to work coughing similar mad with a common cold. I take a lot of "downward time" where I piece of work, then going on the Internet is one way to "waste some fourth dimension". Shoot, I have even worked on my resume' at my desk and printed out some copies of it on our printer. I only walk out to the printer quickly and get the copies off. Stealing office supplies: Well, if I need a "sticky note" pad at home (or a pen/Magic Marker...whatsoever, and have an extra one in my desk, I'll take one domicile with me. To me it's non stealing. Gossip: Naw, I don't "gossip", simply unless in that location is something "real juicy" at piece of work to talk about . Hey, I'm outgoing and fairly "mouthy"......what would you wait????? I think we all stop up with items from work without even thinking about it, especially pens or small-scale items which in the form of a busy day we put unconsciously in our pockets, etc. Simply, to take things from piece of work knowingly is stealing. Stealing isn't defined equally not being being below a sure value or size, stealing is taking what isn't yours. I know that I'd see pens at home that weren't mine, but were from my workplace which had gotten rides dwelling in my clothing, and I'd periodically gather them up and bring them back to work. If I wanted to use something privately that was from piece of work, I asked for permission, and occasionally I needed to print something out that was personal too, I asked my boss for permission knowing he'd say yes, willing to accept a "no", but keeping my conscience clear regardless. In my work environment, we used to take open access to supplies like legal pads, pens, markers, staples, staplers, etc...but then there was so much stealing that corporate put locks on the cupboard doors and to get supplies, fifty-fifty for managers, we had to have an executive secretary unlock the cabinets and document what we were given. That sucked and information technology was annoying, but it came to that because people were actively stealing supplies and it adds upwards. If you lot need supplies, go to Office Depot and buy them. As far as beingness fired for existence sick, that'southward not why people become fired. They get fired for consistent patterns of absences, absences being for whatever reason. All of us have worked with people who abuse omnipresence policies. Of course people shouldn't exist at piece of work if they're coughing and spewing clouds of germ laden sneezes, clearly in the grips of the influenza or a cold, but, if that person has maintained a proficient attendance record prior to being sick and non driveling it, it shouldn't be a problem. For the people who call in sick when they're non (lady who bankrupt foot 100 miles away while shopping for example after having called in sick) and it'southward a pattern of absences, then getting sick adds to an already abysmal record...why should he or she be surprised if being fired is the next step? At that place's usually a organisation in place for treatment excessive tardies/absences and if ane abuses it, well, that'due south his or her error if it comes back to seize with teeth them afterwards. Excessive absenteeism is the single biggest reason for being fired and the policies are normally conspicuously explained when someone is hired. If at that place's a serious illness that will go along 1 out, or a family event arises that will necessitate absences, that's what FMLA is for and information technology should be used if needed. FMLA cannot be counted against someone and is verified past a dr.. This topic gets people ticked off really quick and I've been through it on another thread, usually with the arguments that their bosses or managers are so incompetent and bad that they're even lucky that the person even works at that place, so "don't y'all DARE phone call me on my attendance" excuses. But that's non responsible or even legitimate. If someone is working somewhere that treats its employees and so desperately that fifty-fifty legitimate absences cause havoc and harassment then information technology's time to walk. Last edited by MoMark; 12-04-2006 at 01:01 PM..

12-04-2006, 01:fifteen PM

grammy164 ane,104 posts, read 3,209,390 times Reputation: 640

I then agree with everything you said, MoMark. I'd also like to add that I've often been in the position of having to cover when someone is absent-minded. Legit reason, I don't heed at all. Excessive pattern, I start to get annoyed. Some people don't realize the actress burden on other employees when they miss a lot of work.

12-04-2006, 01:23 PM

LoveBoating Location: Northern Colorado seven,676 posts, read eighteen,327,060 times Reputation: 4933

Gee, why am I looking VERY forward to retirement......... Then I don't accept to listen to a Manager/Supervisor say, "I'g right and that'south it!" So I don't have to telephone call in ill anymore. Weither I'grand sick or not, I can practise what I desire to! Go line-fishing, lookout man Opray or Dr. Phil or whatever I want to practise. So, I volition no longer hear, "I take to stop y'all", "Sorry, I have to lay yous off" This "working class" thing can be pretty crappy at times!!!

12-04-2006, 02:05 PM

ElizaTeal Location: The #i sunshine land, Arizona. 12,171 posts, read 16,689,424 times Reputation: 64081

If you alive in a "correct to work land" y'all can exist fired, just because. Yes I remember calling in sick could use.

12-04-2006, 02:12 PM

plaidmom 5,019 posts, read 13,490,140 times Reputation: 7070

I'yard a fan of "personal days" instead of "sick days". That way no one has to lie or "steal time" from the employer. Good employers realize that employees are humans and repsect that everyone has a life exterior of work.

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