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Coronavirus illness still not counted?

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ViperF
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Coronavirus illness still not counted?

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I’ve been off yesterday and today with covid? Will it be counted towards my sickness? I’m being told it will but I read that Royal Mail won’t start to include it till March the 1st?
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POSTMAN
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Re: Coronavirus illness still not counted?

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In addition, any Covid-related absences which start on or after 1 March 2022, may count towards Royal Mail’s attendance procedure. This is in line with the normal approach taken for all other sickness absences.

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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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Re: Coronavirus illness still not counted?

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POSTMAN wrote:
25 Feb 2022, 10:25
In addition, any Covid-related absences which start on or after 1 March 2022, may count towards Royal Mail’s attendance procedure. This is in line with the normal approach taken for all other sickness absences.

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After that day, probably very few will bother to self-isolate, especially if it'll result in them ending up on a stage