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Wellbeing | Are employers failing sick workers?

Are employers failing sick workers?

The coronavirus pandemic has challenged the basis of many companies’ illness policies.

The virus, which takes a minimum of three weeks for patients to recover, forced businesses around the globe to review how they perceive absence due to illness within their organisations, with those employees who have been negatively impacted by such absences calling on leaders to integrate greater lenience into their measures.

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