My missus works in admin for the NHS. It's only a small team she works on - 4 people. The manager's father (almost 90) died in February (not through CV); she's been off sick since then - two months. I know the death of a parent hits hard,
Originally Posted by: Saint Snow
Jesus - that manager either needs firing or forced counselling, one or the other!
I mean... I lost my dad at 36, when he was 67. It followed two months of hell, watching him getting worse and worse from lung cancer... and there were several trips to hospital, for which I took annual leave.
The school gave me 3 days' compassionate leave when he died. Bear in mind I lived with him, so not only was the grief strong, but I had to deal with all the paperwork (he died in the Westcountry, so I had to drive 4 hours there and back... twice, as the paperwork wasn't ready the first time). I then came back to work to get a rollocking because a laptop had died during a pupil's exam... as if I could have done anything about it! I was utterly fuming.
Two of those three days were spent going back and forth to the Westcountry, the final day's leave was spent for the funeral (just down the road from the school - I arranged the wake to coincide with lunch at the school, and some of my friends popped in from work).
It all seemed a bit harsh to me, but I survived...
Then there is another team member who is now entering her 5th week of 'self isolation' because first she had a cough, then just as she was due back, her husband developed a cough, and this week after the expiry of another 14 days, her son's developed a cough so she says she's taking another 14 days.
And she should also get a severe telling-off. The rules are that if you self-isolate due to a cough, you go back 7 days after the cough started, regardless of anyone else in your house developing symptoms. It could be argued that's too soon, but that's the way it is.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/874011/Stay_at_home_guidance_diagram.pdf
People like that give the public sector a bad name.
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16 April 2020 15:53:48
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