suspended for being sick--too many points.

[progressive nobody]

My husband told me that one of his co-workers got suspended for being sick and missing too many days.

Here is the full story. My husband works for a factory now they have done a lot to keep people safe at work. Space people 6 feet apart where possible everyone is required to wear a mask and temperatures are taken 2 times a shift. I think they are very good rules. BUT this is where the company is slime.

Before going back to work Everyone was required to sign a paper stating if they felt sick ( cough, sneezing, fever, etc,) they will not come to work and call off. A co-worker called saying he was sick he was told to get a covid test and not come back until the results came in. takes a few days. He goes back to work with a negative test. So the company now suspends the co-worker for getting too many points for missing too many days. They said he wasn't sick.

My husband doesn't know if their union is going to fight or this employee. You can have a cough or something and be sick but because it wasn't covid they will now hold the missing days against the employee. My husband said after that he doesn't care how sick he is he is going in.

I am seriously wondering how many other companies are doing that to employees.

[iemitsu]

1. Capitalism values money over lives.

[progressive nobody]

4. yeah but it is that catch 22--agree not to come in when you are sick

but then penalize the person when it is not covid.

you would think they'd suspend the point system as this pandemic is going on but you are right our Capitalism at it's finest.

[Lars39]

2. My son got demoted.

Frickin' right wing boss. He divided his job and now has 3 or 4 people doing the work.

[Hugin]

3. I've heard a couple of anecdotal stories of companies requiring employees to get tested and then...

Continue working until the results come back.

Thereby, exposing everyone there to an exposure should the test be positive.

I thought it was the stupidest policy I had ever heard of anywhere.

Unbelievable.

Stupid... So, utterly stupid.

[progressive nobody]

5. Hubby's work place has had 2 positive cases and refuse to at the very least shut down a day

to do a deep cleaning.