Can you be canned for being sick?

[b0redom]

Sorry to hear of your plight.

Repeated Illness can be grounds for termination - however they normally look at your absences over a year - and normally you will be given a written warning expressing concern.

HR depts are cracking down on 'sickies' - I thin the aim is for you to come to work and spread your germs to your colleagues.

Good Luck !

Are you a permie? Normally I would just expect the customer contact to come over and have a word, or just pull the contract. 2 lots of 2 days though seems a bit harsh though I guess.

[TheFaQQer]

Can they do this?

Yes, they can.

It's just happened to me because I was off sick.

There's very little you can do, if anything, apart from to sit back, put your feet up, enjoy Christmas and look for a new gig.

[swamp]

Get Day Night Nurse tablets and a packet of Strepsils. Every serious contractor should have a stash of these when you feel sick but don't want to lose a day's pay.

It sounds like you were properly ill though and not just off with man flu.

[pmeswani]

Get Day Night Nurse tablets and a packet of Strepsils. Every serious contractor should have a stash of these when you feel sick but don't want to lose a day's pay.

It sounds like you were properly ill though and not just off with man flu.

If one has a chronic illness (like Diabetes and Asthma), they may need more than just the above.

It is sometimes unavoidable when Sickness beckons. I took a few days off in my previous contract as I was throwing up a bit. Got over it within a few days, but caution to the wind requires time off.

[thelace]

Turning up whilst ill is called Presenteeism and is a big worry in the safety community, afterall "the good of the many outway the good of the one"...

[AlfredJPruffock]

Are you a permie? Normally I would just expect the customer contact to come over and have a word, or just pull the contract. 2 lots of 2 days though seems a bit harsh though I guess.

Im not a permie - I thought the orignator was - sorry if this aint the case.

As a contactor you shoould NEVER EVER take a day off sick.

If youre not healthy enough to achieve this - then perhaps contracting aint your cuppa tea.

[Xenophon]

My clients seem to like it when I'm ill. They save money and the difference in output they see between me working and not is negligible.

[BrilloPad]

My clients seem to like it when I'm ill. They save money and the difference in output they see between me working and not is negligible.

So then why do they keep you on? I mean apart from your charm......

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

I think they should introduce "the sickness test" into IR35 legislation

If you are a permie, then you are far more likely to be off "ill" than a contractor. Better to get a leg off than take a day off.

[TheFaQQer]

So then why do they keep you on? I mean apart from your charm......

I think it's his sheer animal magnetism.