Taking Time Off Work For Cancer Treatment
websitebuilder • November 9, 2019
Many undergoing treatments for cancer need to take time off work for a variety of emotional and physical reasons. Many of us spend our lives working without a thought to taking a leave of absence of any length. So how do you prepare for taking time off?
- Know your legal rights and the policies of the company you work for
- Give plenty of notice when possible
- Formulate a game plan with your employer
Taking care of yourself during cancer treatments
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Alex Trebek, must loved host of Jeopardy!, has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Earlier this month he spoke candidly about how he has been doing since he diagnosis a year ago. He also talks about how happy he is to have reached the one year survival marker, which only 18% of those who are diagnosed reach.

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