What is a Bigger Issue for Companies: Employees Taking Sick Days or Employees Coming to Work Sick?

What is a bigger issue for companies: employees taking sick days or employees coming to work sick? Simi Sara of CKNW AM 980 and Jim Sinclair, BC Federation of Labour President, recently got into a spirited discussion about the issue of sick days and the amount public sector employees receive compared to private sector employees. The CKNW phone boards lit up and Simi took calls from listeners about the issue of sick days, the amount of sick days that listeners receive, and complaints about the amount of sick days that other people receive.

So as a follow up, the Simi Sara Show contacted Clear HR Consulting for a human resources expert’s perspective on the costs to employers of employees taking sick days and coming to work sick. Listen to Simi Sara and Cissy Pau, Clear HR Consulting’s principal consultant, discuss this thorny topic.

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