Five years ago the Confederation of British Indusry (CBI) published this statement."British Bosses are reporting that more and more of their staff appear to be skiving off with faked illnesses and many firms are taking new steps to crack down on malingerers. Research by the CBI suggests that workplace absence is on the rise for the first time in five years. In the previous year (2003) we were off sick on average for 7.2 days up from 6.8 the year earlier. It costs UK businesses £11.75bn a year. The CBI also estimates that 15% of all illness was due to people taking days off when they are not really ill."
So, five years on have things changed? Please let me know your views.
Shelley
2 comments:
Some people get away with murder! I have a colleague who could win an olympic gold for skiving and he gets away with it time, after time, after time. I wish someone would catch him out.
As a Director I would always prefer my staff to alert me to situations where they believe people are cheating the business. If you can't do it alone, then get a group of colleagues to join you in sitting the Boss down and rationally explaining your concerns. They may be wrong or the skiving may have been missed by Managers but either way it is better to bring it to the Company's attention than to become increasingly frustrated by someone's absence.
Employers can organise an independant Occupational Health Assessment, as a function of a disciplinary process, and this can often bring the matter to a head.
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