To tell or not to tell the employer about chronic and severe illness?
This is a difficult topic because it is ambiguous. Assessing that social consciousness is at an increasingly higher level, we suggest that we live, first of all, in truth with each other. In view of this, if we come to an employer and inform: "I have x or y illness, it involves such and such a solution, it can cause sickness absence or worse and the need for rest at work," but at the same time we outline the competencies, showing that we are acutely irreplaceable and the best in the world in this position, then in my opinion such an employer should feel safe, knowing how to navigate in this environment. I would suggest speaking up, but appropriately. Perhaps first recognize what the employer knows about the disease and somehow broach the subject. Honesty will certainly pay off.
For a small company, an employee who gets sick and has a lot of absenteeism can be a problem. What to do in such a situation? How do you talk to the employer to make him feel safe?
It mainly depends on our competencies. We just have to update them all the time, we have to take part in various training courses, be active at work. We have to show that we are able to manage our time, perhaps in a slightly different way, e.g. if someone feels worse, leaves work earlier, then in that case he will make up what needs to be done on the weekend, in the afternoon, or he will do the work faster. It's up to us. I think the time of employees who come "from to" is over. As employers, we expect people who are hired to be active...
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