What to do when you feel sick and can’t make it to work?
The Ontario Medical Association suggest that we stay home when we are sick and further they say employees should not be required to get a note from their doctor. Yes, I understand that some employers do not trust their employees but that is an outdated and archaic relationship that needs to change.
The medical system is overloaded and yet many people are forced to go to the emergency department or walk in clinics to fulfill the requirement of a doctor’s note. Could our scarce medical resources be put to better use than policing employees? How did the medical system in Ontario take on the Human Resources function for all the Ontario companies?
Perhaps we can support our medical system by removing needless visits and free up the doctors time for assessment and treatment of medical issues.
“Employers should encourage workers to stay home when sick – not require sick notes which has a discouraging effect and forces patients into the doctor’s office when they are sick, which only encourages the spread of germs to those in the waiting room, who in some cases are more vulnerable.” (Scott Wooder, MD, President, Ontario Medical Association, 2014)
