Majority of SME employees reluctant to take sick leave when working from home
What are the reasons most workers are reluctant to take sick leave when working from home?
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Tag: Sick Leave
Cost-of-living crisis: 23% Britons have financial concerns over taking sick leave
Financial concerns are weighing on people’s minds, particularly when they’re unwell. How can employers greater support their employees when they are unwell?
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Porsche salesman wins unfair dismissal claim after facing racist remarks
The Tribunal heard that the claimant was nicknamed “chapatti” and “poppadom” by fellow colleagues.
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HR must adapt to offer more digital solutions, say employees
Why are only under half of workers ‘moderately satisfied’ with current HR digital services?
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Brits are too afraid to call in sick
Brits afraid of their boss and office backlash.
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National Sickie Day or National ‘Interview For A New Job’ Day?
Could there be another reason for today’s absenteeism?
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Employees using sick leave to care for elderly relatives
Employees are resorting to using annual and sick leave to look after elderly relatives, according to a survey that reveals the growing impact of caring responsibilities on the workforce.
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Leading doctors push changes to sick note system
Staff who fall ill should be able to stay off work for up to two weeks before they need a sick note in order to relieve the strain on overstretched GPs, leading doctors believe.
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Rachel Arkle: We have an entitlement to be well at work
Some UK firms, it seems, remain resistant to taking wellbeing seriously. Despite growing employee calls for action, certain organisations remain limited in their belief that health is good for business. Such mindsets not only deprioritise wellbeing but are also enabling worrying behaviours and cultures to emerge that actively
discourage people’s ability to look after themselves.
Tory MP threatened to sack staff member over sick leave
The Tory MP is being accused of threatening to sack a member of staff who asked to take four weeks off work sick on the advice of her doctor.
Read MoreNine out of ten UK workers failing to take sick leave
A survey by National Accident Helpline has revealed some worrying statistics about the UK’s working population and their tendency to work when unwell. 89 percent of British workers in a new survey admitted to dragging themselves out of their sickbeds to go to work, with over half (53 percent) having taken no sick days in the last six months.
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Government-led return to work scheme launches across England
Fit for Work, a new service designed to help those suffering from long-term sickness to return to work, has been launched today.
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People on sick leave more likely to report mental health conditions
Analysis by Legal & General of research into the Department of Work and Pensions Fit for Work...
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Court of Appeal rules on holiday entitlement during long-term sick leave
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an NHS Leeds’ employee is still entitled to paid annual...
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