Comments on: “Chucking a Sickie” on Facebook = Bad Idea http://www.businesspundit.com/chucking-a-sickie-on-facebook-bad-idea/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sami http://www.businesspundit.com/chucking-a-sickie-on-facebook-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-19955 Sami Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:43:14 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=6764#comment-19955 being hung over is caused by alcohol poisoning, thus he may well have really been sick, self inflicted yes but sick all the same!! But apart from all that, the email was a hoax... it was just made up for mischief and every one LAPPED it up!! go kyle! you should change this article to how to get your 15 minutes of fame :p being hung over is caused by alcohol poisoning, thus he may well have really been sick, self inflicted yes but sick all the same!!

But apart from all that, the email was a hoax… it was just made up for mischief and every one LAPPED it up!! go kyle! you should change this article to how to get your 15 minutes of fame :p

]]> By: A kiwi living in the US http://www.businesspundit.com/chucking-a-sickie-on-facebook-bad-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-11091 A kiwi living in the US Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:05:10 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=6764#comment-11091 He could be the most productive worker there, but because he calls in sick one day he should lose his job? The business should not care why he is sick unless he is using more than the 10 days of paid sick leave he is entitled to under Aussie law. Where do you draw the line in determining when someone is sick enough to stay home anyway? America should get over the mentality that your productivity and usefulness to a company is directly related to the number of hours you put in on the job. We are woefully behind other developed nations when it comes to annual vacation and sick leave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statutory_minimum_employment_leave_by_country There is also plenty of evidence that taking vacations and a sick day once in a while makes you a MORE productive worker.... He could be the most productive worker there, but because he calls in sick one day he should lose his job?

The business should not care why he is sick unless he is using more than the 10 days of paid sick leave he is entitled to under Aussie law. Where do you draw the line in determining when someone is sick enough to stay home anyway?

America should get over the mentality that your productivity and usefulness to a company is directly related to the number of hours you put in on the job. We are woefully behind other developed nations when it comes to annual vacation and sick leave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statutory_minimum_employment_leave_by_country

There is also plenty of evidence that taking vacations and a sick day once in a while makes you a MORE productive worker….

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