Working While Sick
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James Joyner | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
Laura W. argues, in a manner reminiscent of a sailor, that people who are sick should stay home rather than contaminating the workplace with their disease. Joy McCann retorts that Laura must never has worked anywhere where she was actually necessary.
Joy’s right that some jobs are so deadline-driven that skipping work is simply not an option. Telecommuting would be a workable solution in many cases but not all of them.
Still, I’m sympathetic to Laura’s point. Indeed, I’m not sure that offices wouldn’t be more productive if they issued the directive that sick employees stay home, since one sick, absent employee is likely better than twenty sick, present ones. Realistically, though, such a policy would be subject to abuse.
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About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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I recommend to you Rachel Lucas's latest.
I sympathize with Joy, since I've been a newspaper editor. I've pulled all-nighters with a 103-degree fever. I've had an ambulance pick me up at the office, stay at the hospital for a few hours, and then have the ambulance *drive me back to the office*.
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