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Sick? Stay at home from work!(Management Insider: Tips and Top 5s)
Units, April, 2008
DESPITE GETTING THE FLU SHOT, regularly spraying desks with disinfectant and using hand sanitizer every hour, employees still get sick. They can either use their sick leave and fall behind on their work, or they can stick it out and go to the office. Tough choice, right? Wrong. Stay at home. Following are reasons why.
1. Presenteeism
Sick employees might be able to clock in, but that doesn't mean they're working at their best. It's the phenomenon of employees showing up for work when they need to be at home: "presenteeism."
2. Think about your co-workers
Remember what it's like to hear the guy at the next desk sneeze, wheeze and sniffle every three minutes? Not only is it annoying, it's a constant reminder that germs are flying all...
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