What's an employer to do when an employee shows up at the office with a cold or the flu and spreads germs to co-workers?

"I definitely wouldn’t make a habit of calling in (sick),” Whitmore says. Can Your Boss Force You to Go Home if You're Sick? Yes. If your boss thinks you are ill, he or she can send you home.

A pediatrician on TikTok has outlined several helpful reminders if you are home with a sick child ... because that is going to help them get better. The fever is there for a reason." ...

“You don’t have to stay home like a pariah,” Yancey says ... Okay, I’m definitely too sick to go in. But I feel guilty.

When it comes to being "home sick," says Robert McLellan ... "These symptoms come and go fairly quickly -- you may notice them within an hour or two of entering a building but also notice that ...