sick day

10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

Ben Weiss

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Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

Ben Weiss

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'You don't sound sick to me': Employee refuses to give in to management pressures not to use any PTO, records conversation with boss to prove their actions are illegal

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I think I’m going to need a lawyer’: Higher-ups force employee next in line for a promotion to take time off after an injury, then call them ‘unreliable’ despite requesting they be put on FMLA leave

Lana DeGaetano

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Supervisor tells employee they cannot take PTO on Tuesdays through Thursdays weekly, even for medical reasons: ‘We all have to make sacrifices’

Lana DeGaetano

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Military healthcare professional gets unjustly denied leave, uses his medical expertise to still get a paid day off: ‘We’ll see who wins this game’

Elna McHilderson

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Employee is forced to wait hours at emergency room to get a doctor's note for two sick days, doctor comes through by ensuring she gets a two weeks paid sick leave: ‘She went home with a lovely note’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘My union rep will be in touch’: Boss demands employee provide a doctor's note for every sick day but refuses to pay for it, employee gets the demand in writing, then files for grievance 

Bar Mor Hazut

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Micromanager's micromanaging turns sick employees' 'one day off into 5dayitis' after he requires medical notes for a single sick day

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘He got his note’: Employee sprains ankle and requests one day of paid sick leave, boss demands to see a doctor's note and ends up paying a week of leave per doctor's orders

Lana DeGaetano

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'[Boss] picks NOW to treat me like a child': Hospitality worker gains 5x more sick time off after boss forces them to go to a doctor

Remy Millisky

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‘That is a complete violation of my privacy’: Boss spies on employee on sick leave to make sure he is actually sick and not on vacation

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I had the plague': Sick teacher forced to come into work after calling out sick; admin thought they called her bluff but were horrified by her arrival

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'You shouldn't be here': Bartender calls in sick, but boss forces him to come to work anyways; gets saved by boss's mother who pulls the 'mom' card to send him home

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I haven't had a sick day in nine years': Boss forces employee to come in so he can decide if she's actually sick, she gets him sick

Ben Weiss

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'Too bad, I don't care, you HAVE to come in': Burnt out employee falls asleep at the wheel OTW to work after begging for a mental health day, tyrannical boss at fault gets snubbed

Jesse Kessenheimer

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