Ikea cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff forced to self-isolate

So do you believe the BBC Implicitly Muddy?

@OldGreyFox , ‘Apparently the cardiac ward lve been visiting are
full to capacity with heart issues’ ?
Why would a cardiac ward NOT be full to capacity with heart
issues OGF ??
Just saying !!
Donkeyman! :+1::roll_eyes::+1:

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Because the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines cause it DM :023:

How many licensed products does Moderna have on the market anyway ? Go on, DM have a look and let us know :lol:

They do not cause it anymore than other very rare inceidents of other medical scaling cardiac issues.
spreading dangerous misinformation again

I didn’t get this from the bbc .
This is from a report from Imperial college
I prefer to take their word for it rather than a retired post man Foxy

@Bread , ‘Because the Pfizer and Moderns vaccines caused it’
That’s supposition surely Bread ?
What does it say on the patient’s medical records ??
I am not pro or anti vaccine BTW, I have been vaccinated and boosted but not sure if it is sustainable to need a new jab every
3 months or so ?
I have no idea how many products Moderns have on the market
and don’t think it’s relevant anyway ??
Donkeyman! :+1::roll_eyes::+1:

It’s

Certainly not I only quote expert medical opinion .
BTW can you tell me why I have had no mail for three days ?

Did you forget to add the word ‘Unprecedented’ Donkeyman

Was it an oversight or was it deliberate to give your post more credence?

The Royal Mail has gone to the dogs since I left Muddy


Everyone’s in lockdown pigging out on the artery hardeners

@Muddy , That’s a bit too subtle l think Muddy ??
Donkeyman! :+1::grin::+1:

Update:

In a written statement to his followers, shared on December 31, he wrote: “I was initially sceptical about Covid but I can confirm its validity and it is very nasty. So let us make no mistake there is an enemy to face but does it require endless bouts of injections after injections after injections?”

John, from Milton Keynes, Bucks, complained that the hospital’s food was “appalling” and “all tasted the same”. He also claimed that doctors offered him a trial drug to help him recover but he “declined and stuck to my guns”.

He then discharged himself from hospital against doctors’ advice.

John said that he was still opposed to Covid vaccines and urged parents to take their kids out of school to avoid the jab.

In a video shared with followers just weeks before he was hospitalised with Covid, John claimed that the Omicron variant was actually just a cold.

He said: “We’re in winter and there are colds and flus about at this time of the year. These people [who have been vaccinated] can’t fight it off. The government were very quick to label it as Omicron, a new variant. They are sick but they are sick with basic things like the common cold.”

:roll_eyes:

John O Looney ?

:grin:

I think that’s a silly remark, because Covid has been with us all through the last two summers too, so nothing to do with the winter cold/flu season.

It seems fair to me.
After all the unvaccinated have made their choice knowing
It’s mainly the unvaccinated that need intensive care . .
They use beds , facilities , and medical staff that could be better used in cutting down the waiting lists for conditions other than covid.

Tell me why they shouldn’t be penalised .
Of course I don’t lump those very few who are unable to be vaccinated into this.

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One of the effects of covid is loss of taste ,

Next has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who must self-isolate because of Covid exposure, the BBC has learned.

Unvaccinated staff will still get full sick pay if they test positive for the virus.

The retailer’s move follows a similar one by Ikea. Next acknowledged it was an “emotive topic” but said it had to balance staff and shareholder needs.

It comes as employers face mass absences due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

It is unclear when Next made the change but it is believed to have been recent.

Unvaccinated workers at the retailer who test positive are still being paid in full for the time they need off. Next currently pays store sales consultants and stock assistants between ÂŁ6.55 and ÂŁ9.21 an hour and warehouse operatives between ÂŁ9.30 and ÂŁ11.26 an hour.

But unvaccinated workers who are required to isolate having been identified as a close contact of someone with Covid could now receive as little as ÂŁ96.35 a week - the Statutory Sick Pay minimum - unless there are mitigating circumstances.

Harsh but fair 
 :neutral_face:

Don’t work for Next.

They don’t treat employees equally and discriminate on health reasons.

Retail as a whole is a bad industry to get into. I can see more retailers following suit here.

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Oh well, would you believe it
 !

Now everyone is going to be unvaccinated by March or shortly after !!!

Another point to me I reckon 


And from lefty remaining Bloomberg too :lol: (backed up by the JCVI I posted yesterday)

It’s only a matter of time before me and Muddy share the same vaccination status 


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/repeat-booster-shots-risk-overloading-immune-system-ema-says