Bus drivers, factory workers, doctors, mortuary attendants?
I'm afraid there are an awful lot of jobs that don't transfer well into the home. Pmsl.
On the other hand, my best friend often has time off work due to a chronic and very severe spinal degeneration. He has been set up with an external ingternet connection into work (and if you knew my company you'd be DEAD impressed that they were willing to do that). He can work from his bed if he needs to.
I teach, face to face, 8 engineers at a time. Now, some days it would be lovely to do that from my bed. :twisted: but if I'm ill, I doubt they would want to sit there getting my coughs all over them.
Oh I would love you to be one of my staff................not.
Great if it is a job that can be done via the phone / laptop etc
But
I am just having visions of my workers trying to get the construction equipment in to thier houses!!
ive never taken a day off sick unless i was sick, been lucky that ive only ever been ill once that ive had to take time off.
im not a lier or about to commit fraud by getting someone to give me money for something im not doing.
its not about brown nosing, or hoping it will keep me in a job,its about my inner morals and i guess knowing the impact fake sickness has on the team.
if im paying someone to do a job i expect them to do it. i expect no less of myself.
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Why don't forward thinking employers provide accommodation at subsidised rents at the workers place of work. Any sickness could then be authorised by a superintending official provided by the employer.
We could have a whole network of the these work-houses with superintendents responsible for ensuring anybody fit for work works to their full capacity.
MMmmm I think I will drop David Cameron an email, seems to fit well with the manifesto benefit reforms.
The present govs benefits reforms are worse than the conservatives reforms.
You are now required to attend an "work ability assessment". If you attend you are fit for work, if you don't your benefit is stopped !
After you have been to the first assessment you are required to be medically assessed for fitness to work, but not by doctors: By "health professionals" (occH therapists) employed by private contractors. These calmly tell you that the condition you have is not severe and you are fit to carry-on your occupation.
Incapacity benefit is now history, replaced by "employment support allowance" (form 52 pages in length) (housing benefit, 32 pages long) (council tax benefit,38 pages long). Faced with that lot the average sick person just crawls away to die !
At the end of the day, it's about money. The gov needs every penny it can get....what with the public service pension black hole presently standing at over one pounds, and rising.
As for small firms: they're worse than large firms by a mile.
Yup JTS I cant argue with that.
