absenteeism; safeguarding; illness; contagion - The HR Forum - DPG Community2024-03-29T05:25:55Zhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/human-resources/feed/tag/absenteeism%3B+safeguarding%3B+illness%3B+contagionSafeguarding from contagion at workhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/human-resources/safeguarding-from-contagion-at-work2018-04-18T08:33:12.000Z2018-04-18T08:33:12.000ZGary Norrishttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/GaryNorris<div><p>A good friend of mine works with sick children. She very frequently has to have time off work due to falling ill from viruses. We are talking maybe 1 week in 8 off work. All her friends and family have a much more 'steady' level of health so the only possible cause is that she is picking up these viruses from the poorly children. A colleague in her workplace is in a similar situation.</p>
<p>This is causing problems. Not only is her health and mood suffering but I'm worried that questions of capability will be asked at work. I'm thinking that her organisation has a duty of care to take steps to safeguard her from illness - but current steps clearly aren't enough..</p>
<p>From chats with her, it sounds like the HR team are unresponsive (possibly due to limited resources) and her line manager is less than HR savvy to put it lightly.</p>
<p><em><strong>Does anyone out there have any experience of this kind of thing or advice I can pass on?</strong></em></p>
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