tillaruth
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2007, 03:45:25 pm » |
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According to the latest research, reported on this site, sickies are costing the Uk between £10 - £12 billion a year. I think that's just for staff sickness, let alone taking time off work for family care. It also states that Brits take off 27-million alcohol-related sick days plus days after the death of a dog.
Whilst I can understand that companies can get very fed up with staff absences (inconvenience, cost etc.,), I'm not sure what they can do about it. If they want to keep reliable, contientious staff, who don't abuse the system then, in my opinion, they have to allow for family friendly policies - otherwise long term, they'll lose out on the good workers, who, when push comes to shove are most likely to put family (young or old) first. The company then has the costly business of finding new replacements and training them.
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