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Dear all:


I am running a survey on Leaveism - times where employees work when not contracted to, when off sick and when on holiday.


Leaveism is growing in the UK and is a key factor in why many organisations currently report record low levels of sickness absence, i.e. in many cases employees are using annual leave instead of sick leave/disability leave because they fear either punitive sanctions or being more broadly disadvantaged at work.


I am particular keen to hear from disabled employees on this matter (and women, minorities and casually employed - or most of all of these together), as I suspect Leaveism has the greatest impact for such employees.

Please complete if you do Leaveism and share my survey as widely as possible: tiny.cc/zqcf7y https://twitter.com/leaveism/status/1080506129610915840


It is open to all types of employee in the UK (not self-employed).


The survey will stay open for the rest of 2019.


The aim is to present findings to HR practitioners and trade union officials/organisers.


Follow up research is planned in terms of the looking at the lived experience of Leaveism.


I have a Twitter feed and web-site if you want more information - please follow me on Twitter if you can.


https://leaveism.net/ and @Leaveism


A direct link to a Tweet on the survey can be found by clicking here.


Many thanks and best wishes.


James




Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, Department of Business Management, Mary Burton Building, Heriot-Watt University EH14 4AS

Telephone: 0131 451 3043
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