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“Stay home when sick.” This recommendation from our government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is out of reach for thousands of workers. For women across Connecticut, hearing this ...
So there you are. Sick. You’ve valiantly tried to fend it off but finally succumbed to all the symptoms promoted on the TV cold/flu commercials, and now you’re down. Or at least you should be ...
The cycle never seems to stop. The CDC warns sick employees with flu symptoms to stay home from work. The workers ignore these warnings, consistently. Why can't people stay home from work when ...
According to the Center for Disease Control Guidelines, people should stay home for 24 hours after running a fever, but many workers don’t heed this advice and often to go into the still sick ...
People should stay home when they’re feeling sick no matter what is causing their illness. This was supposed to be the new post-pandemic norm. Unfortunately, too few do, ...
FARGO - 'Tis the season - for sick days. "We are starting to see an escalation now with the weather changes as people adjust to that," said Dr. Curtis Nyhus, a family medicine provider who works ...
As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don't provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck.
It's cold and flu season. And the biggest sickness-related pet peeve, according to frustrated workers? Co-workers who come to the office sick. It's bad enough when colleagues show up coughing and ...
The "stay home when sick" message came before "mask up" to prevent spread early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that flu and other viruses have joined the mix, the original advice holds true more ...
Four-year-old Aedan, left, and his 2-year-old brother, Ethan, have had their share of ailments. Their mother, Amanda Casey, has had to take quite a few sick days from her job as a high school ...
As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their ...