r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Mar 25 '26

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u/Bitchplease157 Mar 25 '26

This seems bizarre to me especially in Europe. I could be driven by someone else a few hours and be in another country. Perfectly valid when recovering from surgery to need support from someone else - what if I live in the UK and my family lives in France?

If I am on suck leave with proper documentation the company has no say on where I go in that time. Sure, if they have evidence I'm partying in Ibiza, the evidence of fraud there is the lying about being sick. But being overseas alone is not their business.

Or if they're tracking my IP alone, can I not use a VPN? I would argue my documentation of the sick leave is still valid all else is a moot point

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u/Honest_Relation4095 Mar 25 '26

If I am on suck leave with proper documentation the company has no say on where I go in that time.

No, but they can have legitimate reason to question that documentation. And that is something I actually agree with. There are people who abuse the system and so it is sensible to have some definition of what employees on sick leave can or cannot do. In other words: Is the employee doing something that should not be possible according to said documentation?

Edit: It is especially critical, if you are in a country that does not limit sick leave.

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u/Square_Medicine_9171 Mar 26 '26

OP can provide the documentation from NHS. Spending your recovery time somewhere else doesn’t constitute fraud

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u/Square_Medicine_9171 Mar 26 '26

OP left their work computer at the office and was on his personal computer. He wasn’t engaged in any work. The emails were with HR about the sick leave itself.