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For the travellers amongst us, this IATA site is updated with information about which countries have travel restrictions, what those restrictions are, and who they do and don't apply to.
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/int...1580226297.htmbbbb |
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Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 12813591)
Waiting my turn at the checkout this morning, the checkout person had a running nose and watering eyes. In between scanning groceries he was bringing out the same hanky, wiping his nose, then rubbing the hanky all over his face, then putting the hanky back in his pocket before doing it all over again. I don't care if it's a common cold, the flu or the bubonic plague, you just don't do that! I moved to another checkout.
In an ideal world people would just be allowed to stay home when sick, but that would require employers to not be poop heads. |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12813605)
Icky.
In an ideal world people would just be allowed to stay home when sick, but that would require employers to not be poop heads. |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12813605)
In an ideal world people would just be allowed to stay home when sick, but that would require employers to not be poop heads.
I remember as a student suffering with an awful cold I moved heaven and earth to get to work. I needed to be told it was ok to go home, but of course this was the UK and I was paid. As someone on a minmum wage with no sick pay I might just have ignored the advice. I was fortunate, others don't have the choice. |
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I've never had paid sick days in Canada, and employers have generally not been good about missing work, and sick call policies not understanding that people sometimes get sick and then they wonder why everyone at work is sick..well we can't afford to miss work, so we come to work sick, and we also don't want to get written up so we come to work sick. I've had co-workers come in with fevers because they can't afford to miss work or they dont want to be written up for missing a couple days.
All the jobs I had in California had paid sick days, anywhere from 3 to 7 a year, when I first moved to Canada, I was surprised sick days were not the norm.
Originally Posted by dave_j
(Post 12813609)
I agree, sometimes we need to be saved from ourselves, but we need help.
I remember as a student suffering with an awful cold I moved heaven and earth to get to work. I needed to be told it was ok to go home, but of course this was the UK and I was paid. As someone on a minmum wage with no sick pay I might just have ignored the advice. I was fortunate, others don't have the choice. |
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Just to be clear the only problem I had with the lad was his complete lack of hygiene :)
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12813611)
I've never had paid sick days in Canada, and employers have generally not been good about missing work, and sick call policies not understanding that people sometimes get sick and then they wonder why everyone at work is sick..well we can't afford to miss work, so we come to work sick, and we also don't want to get written up so we come to work sick. I've had co-workers come in with fevers because they can't afford to miss work or they dont want to be written up for missing a couple days.
All the jobs I had in California had paid sick days, anywhere from 3 to 7 a year, when I first moved to Canada, I was surprised sick days were not the norm. |
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My Sister and her young family live in Haslemere, Surrey.
The latest patient diagnosed with the coronavirus in England is the first to catch it in the UK. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51683428 |
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My sister just posted on FB that her company is having everyone in the office work from home, only the warehouse workers (where her husband works) need to go in as their job can't be done remotely.
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We were told last week that all corporate travel within the group of companies, that is non-urgent and non-essential, is barred until further notice. That includes travel to / from Canada to the US office as well.
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3 more cases in Ontario, linked to travel from Iran.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6613790/3...67Y95FLnOIs-kM Not good, Washington state may have an outbreak in a facility that cares for seniors and vulnerable patients, one a staff member in her 40's and the other a resident in her 70's, but are in another hospital being treated. The staff member is in satisfactory condition and the senior is in serious condition. 50 patients and staff at the facility showing symptoms. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ak-at-facility |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12813942)
Washington state may have an outbreak in a facility that cares for seniors and vulnerable patients, one a staff member in her 40's and the other a resident in her 70's, but are in another hospital being treated. The staff member is in satisfactory condition and the senior is in serious condition.
50 patients and staff at the facility showing symptoms. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ak-at-facility Though as previously mentioned, maybe they couldn't afford the loss of pay or the cost of treatment. |
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Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
(Post 12813954)
You'd think given the widespread media coverage, that anyone travelling back from high-risk areas would quarantine themselves and seek medical attention.
Though as previously mentioned, maybe they couldn't afford the loss of pay or the cost of treatment. My wife started a new job today of the persons in the office is sick with a bad cold, hasn't traveled but is it just a cold? No way to know. |
Re: Coronavirus
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12813992)
It appears to be in the community now in several locations in the US, so now it may get tricky, if one wakes up feeling unwell is it a cold, flu this corona virus?
My wife started a new job today of the persons in the office is sick with a bad cold, hasn't traveled but is it just a cold? No way to know. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...a5e26a7923.jpg |
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