I disagree,
Every single large multinational company I've worked for has paid full sick-pay for the periods shown above (private sector obviously).
30/11 Strikes.
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Every single large multinational company I've worked for has paid full sick-pay for the periods shown above (private sector obviously).
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So, half a percentage point difference?
Yes, yes I know you'll throw the "2.5% is 25% higher than 2.0%" at me
The public sector employing more women skews the percentage as women have higher sickness rates than men, hence my "broadly comparable" statement. If you look and male sickness rates then it's 2.1% in the public sector vs 2% in the private sector - are we going to debate 0.1%?
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I work for a fairly large company, I get no sick pay, I get the minimum amount of holiday by law.
TBF it's their money, they can spend it how they want.
When it's councils or other public sector workers, it's taxpayer's money, other people's money.
Most companies are small and medium sized AFAIK. But I bet you'll find that a lot of large ones only give the minimum in employee benefits as well.
Sickness is higher in the public sector and this sector employs a higher proportion of women than
men.
Also women have higher sickness rates so putting the two together and taking an average
over the four quarters of 2010:
• Women have higher sickness absence rates in both the public sector (3.1 per cent) and privatesector (2.6 per cent), compared to men.
• Men have slightly higher sickness absence rates in the public sector (2.1 per cent) compared to the private sector (2.0 per cent)
Not that difference once you factor in gender differences in the work force (Combining that with the fact that people are more likely to go into work ill if they won't get paid for it).
Besides, the differences for men are minimal.
People are only mean when they’re threatened and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about loosing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.
Other than when i worked for the council i have never had sick pay, worked for a mix of large and small companies.
So, half a percentage point difference?
Yes, yes I know you'll throw the "2.5% is 25% higher than 2.0%" at me
The public sector employing more women skews the percentage as women have higher sickness rates than men, hence my "broadly comparable" statement. If you look and male sickness rates then it's 2.1% in the public sector vs 2% in the private sector - are we going to debate 0.1%?
Lies, damned lies, etc.
Where do you think the private corporations get the money from?.
From the owners of the company, whether it be private or publicly listed. In either case the shareholders can appoint people to run the company the way they want it run.
And?,
The point I was making is that some private corporations also provide decent sickness cover.
I'd suggest that people make an effort to improve the situation at there own place of work (As opposed to dragging down decent private/public sector employers who provide sickness cover).
It's not a private/public sector thing - it's a "Good employer" - "Bad employer" thing.
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It's the north - i.e. colder, wetter and darker - of course sickness abscence will be higher.
Customers who have the right to take their custom elsewhere.
Taxpayers can't opt out of paying tax so we rely on councils to spend it wisely. Some hope. Newcastle council saved £100k on strikers' wages yesterday so what have they done, given it to charity! You couldn't make it up.
Nothing wrong with the North, well the east side, west side is usually more wetter
Not sure if serious.
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It's probably a combination of different attitudes to work ethics/poorer diet/being poorer generally/the weather.
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Of course I am - cmon DD - use your brain.
Heard of S.A.D?
An if you think that cold, wet and darkness has no effect on sickness abscence, why does the ONS report state quite categically that sickness abscence is higher Oct through March?
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