Speaking on a personal level my husband works for one such company - a
logistics firm. He is currently on his 5th week of absence following
removal of a Haglands deformity - if it had not been essential (i.e. he
had difficulty putting his safety shoes on) he would have deferred
surgery and did indeed ignore said deformity for 2 years due to the very
fact he would not get paid. I'm aware his colleagues, on the whole, and
most of the long term sick are work related accidents.
Short term absentees tend to find employment elsewhere with sick pay!
Julia Wright
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Glenn Raybone
Sent: 17 December 2009 14:38
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Sickness rates
Hello
Can I ask if anyone on the list works for an organisation that doesn't
have sick-
pay provision and just SSP.
In such a situation can I ask if your sickness absence rates are any
worse
than national averages and also what the causes for absence are.
I ask as the NHS has very generous sick-pay provision, but the sceptic
in me
does wonder if this encourages some to have extra absence or longer than
is
actually needed.
To maintain confidentiality please email me off-list if you prefer.
Season Greetings
Glenn
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