A recipe for employee motivation
Absenteeism is less prevalent in family firms than in non-family firms. That’s because how much time employees take off and hence the effort they put into their jobs is largely a factor of an organisation’s culture.
Court judgement will make employers sick
The European Court of Justice is going to win few friends among employers following a ruling that means employees who are ill during their holiday can demand extra holiday from their employers to make up for it.
Swine flu could extend recession by two years
Managers should get a good rest over the summer because, if swine flu really takes hold from the autumn, it could extend the recession by a further two years.
Be careful when playing hooky
You know how it goes, sometimes. The alarm starts blaring in your ear and the very last thing in the world you want to do is get up and head into work. Aren't you tempted to just call in sick even when you know you're perfectly healthy?
Letting the side down
One of the staff Paul manages doesn't pull his weight, is always coming up with excuses for time off and now clams to have picked up an injury. Something needs to be done – but what?
A new level of deviousness
With everything that's written about bad bosses, it is easy to forget that employees can be as bad as any manager. Take this guy, for example.
Sick leave becomes an electoral issue
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an astonishing 43 percent of employees in the private sector (that's 50 million people) don't get paid sick leave.
We'll pay you to stay healthy, say U.S bosses
You might think the benefits of getting and staying healthy are self-evident. But more American companies are finding they are having to pay workers to get the message.
British managers too afraid to call in sick
One in three British managers is so afraid to take time off work that they will drag themselves into the office from their sick-bed if they have to.
Two thirds of absentees simply sick of work
Two thirds of U.S workers who call in sick at the last minute are not ill at all, costing businesses more than three quarters of a million dollars a year.
Britain's booze culture fuelling £2bn absence bill
It's not stress, flu or bad backs that make most workers call in sick, it's because they've been drinking too heavily the night before, say British managers.
How much leave is too much?
An Illinois court recently listened to arguments in the case of Jennifer Smith, an employee with a reputation for absenteeism, who claimed a 13th FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) leave in 12 years of employment.
Sick or lazy?
Now there's a new excuse for persistently not showing up for work (to go with such classics as 'my dog ate the car keys'). According to German researchers, persistent absenteeism could be a symptom of work phobia.
No sign of slow-down in sickie epidemic
Britain's bosses are convinced that their staff just can't resist the lure a long weekend at their expense, with new figures suggesting that around one in eight workplace absences involve staff 'pulling a sickie'.
Work can be a real pain
American workers are much more likely to struggle into work when they are ill than a decade ago, with many dragging themselves into the office even when they are in chronic pain.
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