17-02-2022, 10:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-02-2022, 10:32 PM by videomonkey.)
Unfortunately I don't have a choice - I run a small company with a couple of staff, and if I spend a week or two at home isolating then it all goes to crap.
I've been a really fierce advocate for how the govt is handling COVID (even though I disagree with pretty much everything else they do), but in this instance I'm on the other side of the fence. As a business owner, if I have to stay home for a week, I don't make any money. No wage subsidy, no employer to pay me sick leave, so my only option to stay afloat is to go to work.
I feel a lot of small businesses will be in the same boat. The govt have really dropped the ball.
It's gonna be a rollercoaster few months for bussiness owners.
To clarify, yes I'll stay at home if I'm sick because it's the right thing to do. I just wish the govt were offering the same support they were last year, because this is going to be tougher than a simple level 4 lockdown.
I've been a really fierce advocate for how the govt is handling COVID (even though I disagree with pretty much everything else they do), but in this instance I'm on the other side of the fence. As a business owner, if I have to stay home for a week, I don't make any money. No wage subsidy, no employer to pay me sick leave, so my only option to stay afloat is to go to work.
I feel a lot of small businesses will be in the same boat. The govt have really dropped the ball.
It's gonna be a rollercoaster few months for bussiness owners.
To clarify, yes I'll stay at home if I'm sick because it's the right thing to do. I just wish the govt were offering the same support they were last year, because this is going to be tougher than a simple level 4 lockdown.