I need to know....

[Lightning McQueen]

Had an employee message me this morning advising me to check on another employee as they didn't seem to well. I went and done a quick welfare check and the employee told me that she wasn't feeling too well when I asked her. I asked if she needed to go home and she replied "Yes, if it alright".

I asked if she could give me 5 minutes to see what skill sets I had on site, who I could steal from other areas and who I could potentially get to come in early.

A couple of people said "why would she come in if she wasn't feeling well!

I think it's admirable for her to still front up, others think it's foolish, thoughts anyone?

If she's "COVID" type sick then I'd suggest, we tell our staff, err on the side of staying away but we have no issues if people show up and we can make a call like you did.

Exactly how I see it.

[Brodlach]

Tough on casual workers when they are sick, don’t turn up, don’t get paid.

That’s the sort of employee I would want, you genuinely know if they call in sick they are sick.

[Lightning McQueen]

Good on her for fronting up, and also for saying she needs to go home

Yeah, she wasn't coughing etc. so I thought she done the right thing.

I messaged her to make sure sher got home alright and then reminded her to not be worried having to inform me if she's unwell.

She is a casual on the brink of going on permanent.

Sounds like she should definitely be made permanent

She's an absolute gun mate, works every bit of overtime I offer, even at last minute. She clocking in at 1 minute to or right on, I had a chat with her and now she's anywhere between 5-10 minutes early. She was signed off as competent by herself for one role in her 2nd week, I've never had anyone signed off inside 6 weeks previously.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Good on her for fronting up, and also for saying she needs to go home

Yeah, she wasn't coughing etc. so I thought she done the right thing.

I messaged her to make sure sher got home alright and then reminded her to not be worried having to inform me if she's unwell.

She is a casual on the brink of going on permanent.

Sounds like she should definitely be made permanent

She's an absolute gun mate, works every bit of overtime I offer, even at last minute. She clocking in at 1 minute to or right on, I had a chat with her and now she's anywhere between 5-10 minutes early. She was signed off as competent by herself for one role in her 2nd week, I've never had anyone signed off inside 6 weeks previously.

Sounds like she should be full time if shes smashing records like that

And as others have said, good on her for fronting up. Rather have staff like that opposed to staff who just rort the sickies.