jad n rich

True, Norovirus, the dreaded shite and puke virus, goes around time and time again here, it loves the warm conditions and no doubt not helped by the no soap etc in school toilets but that was another thread.

Flu this year was chronic, flu jabs made no difference, though I had escaped it till last week, omg ill or what.

Asthmas bad in OZ too, one in 4 kids.

Same lurgies shiner puke bucket

acbh2

The gastro is probably linked to all that dodgy bbqing they do I know the rare cooked food makes me ill to

jad n rich

Swimming pools too, many people run the pool filter as little as possible for economy. And every summer the councils put out warnings of what breeds in nice warm pool water eek: Home pools are a huge cause of tummy bugs and ear infections, ask any doctor.

northernbird

I know loads of folk who are always ill but our family (touch wood) have never been healthier. In 2 and a half years I can count on 1 hand the number of times we have been ill in total.

Weirdstone

I've made up for it ...had Double Pneumonia last year...and problems since.

northernbird

I know mate, you were really poorly not just a cold, flu or a bit of gastro.

Weirdstone

But it shows that it doesn't matter where you are...you can get ill.
So take good care of yourselves

northernbird

Absolutely

Dorothy

Ditto. Had what I thought was a cold and because only 1 of us was working at the time I continued to go to work. Ended up with pneumonia one week before Christmas last year. Just when the abx started kicking in got a bladder infection. Those abx were the wrong ones and it ended up becoming a kidney infection. Four weeks of antibiotics and painful pee over the holidays. On the plus side I haven't had a cold sore in over a year.

Yes, people get just as sick here as they do anywhere else.

Timber Floor Au

x evie x

So to pose another daft question what do people do for sick pay in oz. I am shortly moving to Queensland and my new employer Queensland Health seems to only offer 2 weeks sick pay, unless I have read it wrong!

tillysmum

oooops used my daughters log in (evie) instead of mine!

jensteve

mmm not sure haven't needed a sick day yet but I think in my contract I am only paid for 14 days as well.
Jenny

tillysmum

so whar happens if you break a leg or arm or something more serious

NickyC

Sick pay does accumulate each year so whatever isn't used within a year is added onto the next year's.

If you don't have enough days to cover the time you're sick - well - you don't get paid. It makes sense to not waste sick pay by taking 'sickies' (AKA a day off) unnecessarily.

You just have to hope that you don't get ill until you've been in the job for a couple of years!