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Author Topic: Time off for sick children  (Read 7982 times)
gee4
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2007, 05:08:07 pm »

That may be the case but other companies don't operate like this.  In my last job you didn't get your salary deducted if you were sick and absences were horrendous - here you do and yet your sick leave is still queried.  It's a no-win situation for both employers and employees.  You cannot keep altering the goalposts to allow for sick parents, children or pets.  That's what we have annual and unpaid leave for.  Other staff only get their backs up when such time is given off.  It's not fair to the loyal minority who always seem to get punished by covering for staff and doing double the work.

At the end of the day companies want good, reliable staff who aren't going to abuse the system.  Would you employ a builder, plumber, architect if they were sick all the time or were regularly taking time off?

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