Pulling a Sickie
Two million off sick after New Year break - Telegraph
Sickness rates among NHS staff – Britain's biggest employer with more than a million employees – were higher than other sectors, forcing more money to spent on hiring agency staff to cover those who are absent.
For every five men off with a cold or flu there are eight women – indicating that more contact with children and being run down by chores has left them more susceptible to the virus.
I wonder what the rate among self-employed men is.
Comments
Pretty low - we can't afford to take time out. Our taxes are essential to providing the civil servants and NHS staff the cushy offices, plushy pensions - and sickies!
Posted by: The Gray Monk | January 6, 2011 7:56 AM
What sexist bullshit that is obviously designed to ensure more and more kids get protected/poisoned by the flue jab!
Posted by: Bill | January 6, 2011 9:31 AM
As a self-employed engineer I cannot afford to be ill, let alone off sick! I have a daughter employed as a staff nurse, & she hates the thought of being off sick, trouble is it's all those sick patients breathing germs all over place that make the staff sick!
Posted by: Alan the Brit | January 6, 2011 9:45 AM
Self employed women won't be any different, nor will women looking after families.
Posted by: Frank, Saarbruecken | January 6, 2011 5:21 PM
For every five men off with a cold or flu there are eight women
Can't comment on the causes, but it does rather stuff all that "man flu" bollox, doesn't it.
Posted by: The Remittance Man | January 7, 2011 6:34 AM
I have been working continually since 1972. In that time, I have had 2½ days off work due to "illness". 2 Days when I had my wisdom teeth out when I was about 23 years old, and half a day off last August when I had a knee arthroscopy. I usually take about a week off work during the Christmas holiday, and every 4-5 years I may take another week off during the summer. Apart from those, and bank holidays and weekends, when I usually do some work anyway, I am at work from.
I am male and working in the private sector.
Posted by: Rob | January 10, 2011 11:10 PM