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Has sick leave become rampant in organizations?
The rates at which employees go on sick leave in most organizations have become very alarming. Organizations that get too much report of sick leaves are left with no choice than to pay another employee for the job to be done and also pay the salary of the
What is the challenge?
The rates at which employees go on sick leave in most organizations have become very alarming. Organizations that get too much report of sick leaves are left with no choice than to pay another employee for the job to be done and also pay the salary of the ill employee for the sick period. Although there are limits in employees’ sick leave in a year, the effect is still felt in organisations, especially when too many employees go on sick leave spontaneously. Though these employees may not exceed their limit, but they may be very close; and if many are involved, it becomes very costly for the organisation.
Employers also sometimes claim that most employees falsify their sick leave. But the fact remains that the employers are the ones that are left with no proof, since the employee always produce sick certificate from the doctors. If this is really the case that employees falsify claims, even with sick certificates, this will surely backfire on a very good day.
Why is it important solving the challenge?
As earlier said, it is very important for company faced with the challenge of rampant sick leave in their organisation to curb this situation as this may turn out to be very costly for the company at the end of the day. Normally, if the employee is able to produce a sick certificate for the period he or she was sick, the company is obliged to pay the salary for that period. So, the company will end up paying double salary for the work to be done. However, this will depend on the kind of organisation. Apart from paying double salary during the sick period, normal work or special duties might also be hampered.
Who?
Organisations that are mainly prone to this kind of situation are those that their employees are mainly engaged in physical work. Employers should do more to take care of the physical and mental state of their employee. The employees should not be engaged in too much work for too little hours to complete the work. Apart from this, there are other measures this kind of organisation can adopt to take care of their employee. There should be ways to reduce the rate employees go on sick leave.
While some may argue that the employers are more responsible for the employees’ wellbeing, many are still of the opinion that the employees should be more responsible for their wellbeing. In order for an organisation to be more productive and reduce the rate of sick leave report, the employee and the employer have to be responsible in the issue of wellbeing. So, a balance has to be reached.
Challenges even when measures to reduce the rate of sick leave are in place?
There is bound to be other challenges even when organisation employs concrete measures to take care of employee wellbeing to reduce sick leave and other problem employees might be facing. It could be that employees not been able to fulfil their wellbeing obligation. This is why it is important for employer to anticipate potential scenario that might hamper their effort.
Where?
Almost every country in the world has laws that protect employees and the issues of sick leave are also incorporated in the law. But presently, I know of some companies in Finland that have great challenges in the area employees’ sick leaves. I guess the situation could also be the same in some of the companies I don’t really know about in Finland and other countries in Europe.
Research question: How can the report of sick leave be really reduced in organisations?
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