'Basically half the calendar is 'you can't be sick'': Boss at preschool tries to punish employee for using state-protected sick leave

One of the worst things about being an adult is when you get sick. Unless you have an amazing spouse or friend who will take care of you, you have to manage yourself, and you have to figure out whether or not you're going to call in sick from work. Calling in sick from work is harder than calling in sick from school. Let's say you work at a coffee shop, and if you don't come in that day, then the store will have to close unless somebody else can come in and cover you at the last minute. It can put a burden on everybody else in a way that makes you reluctant to call out sick, even though the best thing for you to do would be to rest, and you don't want to make anybody else ill. 

This is why it's so important that we're open and honest with our workplace about our illnesses. You would hate to feel like you need to work while you're sick just to make things go smoother. But sometimes employers retaliate if you don't. Their lack of preparedness for employees' absences makes them punish those who call out.

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