My husband has had to take a few days off here and there since the beginning of this year because our one year old brings home the plague from daycare every other week. My work is pretty flexible and I have gratuitous PTO so generally I stay home if he's sick but there are times where I need to be at meetings or whatever and he will stay home with the kid. His work knows that my job is flexible so they expect me to always be the one to stay home when he's sick but that's not always feasible, plus half the time me or my husband end up sick as well.
Anyway, last time he stayed home, his manager (who has no hiring or firing authority) said if he stayed home again they might have to “reevaluate his position at the company” and that when she's sick, she still comes in and gets her work done. He has plenty of PTO left so this shouldn't be an issue and he's only taken 5 days off so far this year (3 of them was for when he had norovirus).
He really took that to heart when he decided to go into work with pinkeye this morning. Hope they appreciate his dedication when they all have nasty goopy eyes.