Sick? Don’t push through

A culture of the show must go on means people attend work when they shouldn’t, impacting the health of individuals and organisations.
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Feeling ill? Well, staying at home would seem to be the sensible course of action. Yet for many, going to work while sick has become the norm, even a necessity in the face of the pressures placed on us by the organisations which employ us.

In many cases, illness is no longer seen as a valid reason for not working; rather, it is considered to be something that people must put up with and get over. Sick days are for wimps.

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David Spencer
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds