A new COVID wave looms, but cost-of-living pressures mean sick workers are still showing up for work
- evelynbrown88
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min read
Part-time mining company worker Ellie Randazzo, 23, struggles with chronic pain.
In recent years, several operations to treat endometriosis have left her with nerve damage.
"It causes me to vomit daily, so that happens a lot at work," she says.
"I've got to run off and deal with that, and then come back and collect myself – it is really difficult."
Why do people go to work when they're sick?
It's a bit grim when you're having to show up for work sick or injured because you need the pay – or you're worried you'll get fired.
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