‘Fever also needs prior approval now’: Woman mocks manager’s ‘inform sick leave a night before’ rule

Key points

• A woman from Odisha has gone viral on social media after claiming that her manager introduced a workplace rule requiring employees to notify the company about sick leave a day before falling ill.
• The employee, identified as Deblina, shared her experience through an Instagram video, where she criticised the policy and called it unrealistic for workers who become unwell unexpectedly.
• ‘How are we supposed to predict illness?’ In the clip, Deblina explained that she had taken two days off due to poor health.
• However, after returning to work, she allegedly discovered that a fresh rule had been implemented by her manager regarding sick leave notifications.
• “My health was bad, so I took a two-day sick leave.