13 weeks a year?? Almost as much as teachers.....When I worked in the steel trade it was quite common for some of my work colleagues to take their thirteen weeks sick leave annually, they knew how to work the system and always had sick notes etc, i reckon they were on good terms with their local gp, probably shared the same local boozer or something.
yawn13 weeks a year?? Almost as much as teachers.....
You coming down with tiredness?yawn
Wake up at the back thereyawn
"To the end"? Did they try to work through something that became slightly fatal, or did someone in the office finally tire of them and go postal?Yeah - that used to drive me nuts when I worked in an office. "Look at me, I'm sooooo important. *sniff* *cough*. And look how I suffer for the good of the firm. *sniff*." "Oh piss off and come back when you're well." They never did though - martyrs to the end.
Arrrrrrrrrrgh! The Bradford Factor should probably be wiped from the space-time continuum as one of the most self-defeating illness management policies ever. If you think you're well enough, go back to work and get called back once or twice for further tests, that's a disaster for your Bradford Factor. What I've read suggests it was meant to be a metric to help managers identify and investigate, not the basis of penalty regimes used to get rid of workers before they are diagnosed with a long-term illness.the Bradford scoring system penalises those who take the odd day off here and there as they need it. which is sometimes all we need. that extra day to get over things properly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Factor
No work would ever get done, too busy telling people that they are self employed and never get ill. Which from this forum seems to be a favourite for the self-employed.Sickies and strikes....id make all workers self employed..
First day off sick recently, first time in 15 years.
Our employee sickness rates I think are average of 15 sick days per year with 6-8% of the workforce off sick at any one time. Lots of staff have 2 weeks sick off a year to stay below the radar......
Shaun