You mean to tell me that, if this report is accurate, private sector employees in SMEs are abusing sick leave???. Well, I'm shocked, I must say. Other posts on this site led me to believe that this was purely a public sector phenomenon.
What I want to know is the basis on which ISME calculated its figures.
On the other hand, I know of a department where people take 'acceptable number of sick days' as an addition to their annual leave.
Does anyone else thinks that we should have 'personal days' as a lot of companies in the US have? Perhaps it would reduce a number of 'sick' days taken by employees.
For example, I know for a fact that a lot of my colleagues called in sick on the days they had to close on their property purchases, register intent to marry and similar stuff. Realistically, people have personal business to tend to and banks, solicitors, post office, courts, etc.
Does anyone else thinks that we should have 'personal days' as a lot of companies in the US have? Perhaps it would reduce a number of 'sick' days taken by employees.
For example, I know for a fact that a lot of my colleagues called in sick on the days they had to close on their property purchases, register intent to marry and similar stuff. Realistically, people have personal business to tend to and banks, solicitors, post office, courts, etc. all work the same hours as everyone else and I don't know anyone who doesn't spend aproximately half of their annual holiday allowance going to weddings and other mandatory family stuff other than going on holidays.
On the other hand, I know of a department where people take 'acceptable number of sick days' as an addition to their annual leave.
I'd like to congratulate all the SME business owners who presumably have qualified as occupational GPs in their spare time. They must have picked up the additional skill of time-travel, as they are able to assess whether the employee who returns to work today was genuinely sick yesterday.
Perhaps "outofworkmates" would be more appropriate after too many of these?You don’t have to be a doctor to know that if someone says that have the flu on Monday but is back in work on Wednesday exhibiting no symptoms they were, at the very least, exaggerating their ailment.
You also don’t have to be a doctor to know that an absent employee is probably lying when they say this their absence is the result of a cold when they were out on Thursday night with their workmates (sorry, “workmates” is not allowed anymore, its “colleagues” now) and were put into a taxi at 3am blind drunk.
Purple, Were you contributing to RTE's Drive Time, a few days ago, on this very topic?
I've done most of the above in the last year. A couple of hours was sufficient for each. Any enlightened boss will understand, give you the couple of hours and let you make it up some other time
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