"You don't know whether to ask people with the flu to come in or not." WHAT?!? It's this kind of attitude that causes the problem in the first place. Wise up, employers. Give your employees sick time, pay for it, and don't require silly doctor's notes. Sometimes business makes me sick. Figuratively.

flu shots MANDATORY!!!??? really, what part of an employee's life is personal anymore, no smokers, no drinkers, only insurance for what the EMPLOYERS religious beliefs are...These are employees, not subjects..LOTS of people are allergic to the eggs in the serum... get real.Yeah- pay sickpay and don't have consequences for people who are sick.

"I think companies are waking up to the fact right now that you might get a little bit of gain from a person coming into work sick, but especially when you have an epidemic, if 10 or 20 people then get sick, in fact you've lost productivity," Lovely. We make decisions based on "productivity" rather than the safety and well-being of our employees.

Employers who force their employees to work while sick (whether explicitly expressed or not) are creating a public health danger and should be fined heavily.

Companies are winning the race to the bottom and have many employees who CANNOT AFFORD to miss a single day of work. Cheapskate employers LIKE it this way. They want their employees at poverty scale income.

This is especially true at places like big-box discounters and food services that have publicly declared that they will keep their employees under 30 hours per week so they don't have to provide health benefits or sick pay.

They expect customers to tolerate this virus-poisoned environment because they think we don't know who they are.

I'm lucky enough to work out of my home office, but every time I visit an account, I feel I should put on a hazmat suit.

If you're sick stay home. If not for yourself, do it for your coworkers. That's why you get sick days...use them!

"Sometimes business makes me sick. Figuratively."

Not figuratively, scientifically!

Please, please, please stay home if you're sick. Sharing your germs with co-workers or customer is the last thing they need. Employers need to get a clue and provide their employees the necessary time off to properly recover from their illness, I've dealt with too many people who return to work while still hacking up a lung.

jimmyjames76 for those fortunate enough to have a job that provides sick days your advice is great, but for those who's employer doesn't provide sick time a day away from work is a days less pay.