{"id":3737,"date":"2020-02-14T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2020-02-25T16:08:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:08:44","slug":"here-are-the-steps-you-should-take-if-you-are-calling-in-sick-for-your-shift-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/blog\/here-are-the-steps-you-should-take-if-you-are-calling-in-sick-for-your-shift-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are the Steps You Should Take If You Are Calling in Sick for Your Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"when-you-are-too-sick-to-attend-your-shift-heres-how-to-manage-your-absence-in-a-responsible-considerate-way\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When you are too sick to attend your shift, here&#8217;s how to manage your absence in a responsible, considerate way.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2967\" src=\"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/kelly-sikkema-RmByg5kFfQg-unsplash-1024x777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"777\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Employees calling in sick are a fact of everyday business life. If you need to take some time off work due to illness, it\u2019s important to make sure your team can conduct business smoothly in your absence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Think about it, if you only have five people in the workplace and one person happens to be ill and cannot come in to work, then you\u2019ve lost 20 per cent of your work force. That loss clearly has implications on workplace productivity. In smaller workplaces, there is greater awareness of everyone\u2019s workload, in which case a loss of productivity due to your absence might be even more noticeable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\u2019re unsure about whether or not you should call in sick for work, you can use the following questions as a guide:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can you work from home?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is your illness contagious?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can you perform your job?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cTips From the Pharmacy Recruitment Agency Experts: Making A Good First Impression as a Locum Shift Pharmacist\u201d \u2014 RPI Consulting Group Inc.\" src=\"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/blog\/tips-from-the-pharmacy-recruitment-agency-experts-making-a-good-first-impression-as-a-locum-shift-pharmacist\/embed\/#?secret=KpTPVb60eu\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"KpTPVb60eu\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If after asking yourself all those questions, you determine that you should not go to work, then the most professional way to take a sick day is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Act quickly<\/strong>: The sooner you contact your supervisor the better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Communicate by using the appropriate method<\/strong>: Consider the ways you would contact your supervisor in an emergency, whether that is by text message, phone call, or email. Try them all in order to thoroughly let them know about your absence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Keep everyone informed<\/strong>: Communicating with your team to reduce the stress of your absence shows responsibility and a strong work ethic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Be completely honest<\/strong>: If you feel the need to stay home for a day to preserve your mental health and protect your team, be blunt about it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Set a day for your return<\/strong>: Define when you will return, outline upcoming tasks, and leave clear instructions for when you come back.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"if-you-are-feeling-unwell-have-an-upcoming-shift-and-are-wondering-what-to-do-please-contact-me-at-leonrpigroup-ca\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are feeling unwell, have an upcoming shift, and are wondering what to do, please contact me at leon@rpigroup.ca<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"or-call-416-850-9809-ext-317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or call 416-850-9809 (ext. 317)<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"or-use-our-toll-free-number-at-1-866-505-3383-ext-317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or use our toll-free number at 1-866-505-3383 (ext. 317)<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you are too sick to attend your shift, here&#8217;s how to manage your absence in a responsible,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3739,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737\/revisions\/3739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpigroup.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}