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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
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.
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Yes, you could add a bunch of paperwork and bureaucracy to the system.
Or people could be grownups. If you're too sick to work, rest and recover. If you're well enough to work but could be a bit contagious or you have a sick kid, work from home as best you can.
I'm self employed, so if I don't work I dont earn any money. So far I haven't had to have a doctor fill out any forms to decide whether I'm well enough to work or not. It turns out common sense works for that quite well.