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How working from home has blurred the lines on sick leave
A lack of clarity has grown over when a person is ill enough to take time off, when many office jobs can be done as easily from home, near a bed.
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A survey of more than 5,000 workers in the UK in 2023 found that over half had done their job despite not feeling well.
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Daniel Thomas
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“Being truly sick has gone the way of being truly on vacation for many workers,” says Ms Ann Francke, chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), reflecting on how the combination of Covid-19 and regular working from home has led to fresh uncertainty over rules around when and how to do our jobs.
“It’s the new age of ambiguity: Are you well enough to work? Are you ill enough to take time off? Who decides?”
