Work is a debilitating disease!
Study links working while sick to higher risk of future absence.
Workers who report going to work while sick, a phenomenon known as presenteeism, may be more likely to miss work due to illness in the future, according to a longitudinal study of South Korean employees published today in BMC Public Health.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-026-26944-x
“… good #Employers understood the need to judge staff on #Outcomes rather than “a culture of #Presenteeism”.”
As the new government works on delivering a bill offering workers the right to switch off, Jonathan Reynolds has described the previous administration’s disdain for remote working as ‘pretty bizarre’ Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has spoken up for technology-enabled flexible working an
Expert who coined the term #presenteeism says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs
Sir Cary Cooper says ‘micromanagers’ risk driving away talent, damaging wellbeing and harming productivity
Sir Cary Cooper, a professor of organisational psychology and health at the University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School, said
⭐️employers imposing strict requirements on staff to be in the office
♦️risked driving away talented workers,
♦️damaging the wellbeing of employees and
♦️undermining their financial performance.
It comes after Amazon said on Monday that all its corporate staff would be expected to work from the office five days a week from 2 January -- as the latest big global employer to demand a strict return to pre-pandemic practices.
“If you value and trust people to get on with their job, and give them autonomy
– and flexible work is one of those
– they’ll work better, you’ll retain them,
and they will be less likely to have a stress-related illness.
“If you micromanage, you won’t get productivity gains,
and you won’t attract the next generation.”
"There is a huge cost of forcing sick people into the workplace. Back in 2017, a government-backed review on mental health in the workplace by Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer reported that the cost of “presenteeism” – people going to work but being too sick to perform the work – to employers was between £17bn to £26bn a year."
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/cant-force-yourself-mentally-well-to-work-3030587
#MentalHealth #UKpolitics #Presenteeism #OccupationalHealth #AnxietyAndDepression #WorkStress #IsabelHardman #iNews
I'm struggling to see what's wrong with working two jobs in this way.
The problem is the concept rather than the execution. The companies are happy with the results they're getting and only get annoyed when they find out. All work is being done by those hired.
Weird to see "presenteeism" and employer surveillance of people portrayed as necessary and virtuous. Again because the issue isn't the work it's the principle.
For Patient Safety, It Is Not Time to Take Off Masks in Health Care Settings
In our enthusiasm to return to the appearance and feeling of normalcy, and as institutions decide which mitigation strategies to discontinue, we strongly advocate not discarding this important lesson learned for our patient’s safety.
#BCPoli #Masks #CovidIsAirborne #presenteeism
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632045180447285/permalink/3468141410170977/
I often find it quite easy to reclaim valuable time from low-information-content meetings.
What's your favourite method? Maybe one of those below?
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