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[quote=Anonymous]For me, it depends on the illness. If they have something like an ear infection, strep, etc that comes with fevers and tiredness, it's easy for me to work from home. Even with my 4 year old. Had to 1 day last week and he spent the entire day in my bed either sleeping or watching a movie.

If it's a stomach bug and I know I'm going to spend a lot of time cleaning up, bleaching, and making sure they are hydrated, I'm not going to be productive so I take leave.

How productive is she when she teleworks? Or do you suspect that it's just an excuse? And if so, is it out of bounds to request a doctors note?

I'm a federal contractor and our company and client is flexible with telework. I've been with the client several years so they know that I'm very productive when I telework. And they know if I can't get something done during the day I will work in the evening when my husband gets home. When my daughter had impetigo she had to be out of school a week. But she didn't feel sick so keeping her occupied while I worked was not easy. If I had to log off for awhile, I let the client know and when I expected to be back on and status of anything I was working on. Demonstrating that I readily available, letting them know when I wouldn't be, and having open lines of communication about everything was very important [/quote]

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