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08 Sep 05:40am

Filed under: Illness, Mental Health Days, Sickies, Work

Workers should never feel bad about taking a sickie if genuinely sick. Your first priority is you, your wellbeing and quality of life.

Being hungover is not a pretext for a sick day.

Unfortunately Australians are notorious for taking ‘sickie’for all the wrong reasons. If they are stuck down with flu they often choose to come to work so that they can preserve their sick leave for some non illness related purpose. This leads to increased “real” sick days by other employees whom they infect.

There are the self-proclaimed martyrs who say they never have a sick day even when they are sick. These same people often get angry at those who do genuinely take a day off.

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Matt says:

10:39am | 19/05/11

MarK, I think you will find the author is advocating for people to not drink so much that they have a hangover (a.k.a. diminished capacity) when they go to work. Personally if it is Sunday - Thursday, one or two drinks is the limit. Read more »
Mike says:

10:13pm | 14/09/10

Ian, so glad you invoked the ‘Things were so much better in my day’ argument. It’s so reassuring to hear that from someone of your generation. I mean, things were so much better in your day. No wars, no crime, no discrimination and I’m certain no crushing bores from the… Read more »

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