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Originally Posted by GGG
Why should they be treated differently? Why aren’t both “rehab” programs or both “benefits”. I think there could be a reasonable argument made for when you can’t do all of your job your job is to stay home and recover and also a reasonable argument that we should increase the amount of time acceptable to do most but not all of your job.
But to hold the position that injuries need modified duties but sickness needs full time off makes no sense.
At best I can see it from the labour argument if that’s what the contract says so that’s how we do things but that isn’t a good way to form an opinion. So if you were redesigning a workers comp program would you advocate for modified duties or recover from home. Or if you were designing a sick leave program would you change anything from the pre-Covid come to work unless you are bed ridden philosophy that Jayswin appears to be advocating.
How would you improve the system?
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Improve what system?
You’re suggesting people should give up the benefit of not having to work while they’re off sick and trying to use the existence of modified duties for WCB cases as a reason when they’re two completely separate issues. Modified duties are only possible when you have a doctor signing off on them due to liabilities, it would be an administrative nightmare for both the employer and employees to have to set up and attend doctors appointments, pay for the modified duties paperwork to be filled out, get the documentation back to their employer and have this all completed with enough time for the employee to still be able to work that day.
Even if it were hypothetically possible to get doctors appointments on demand, the bottom line is that you’re still suggesting employees give up their sick time for no benefit to them. Makes plenty of sense for employers but zero sense for employees.