A survey conducted by UNI Global Union affiliate, Handels of Sweden, has shown that seven out of ten retail employees keep working when they are unwell. Instead of calling in sick, many retail workers clock in due to understaffing and inadequate paid sick-leave. Handels’ report titled “Sick at Work” is based on a survey with
Handels reminded that it increases the risk of physical and mental illness in the long run, it actually costs companies more in terms of reduced productivity than sickness absence, and it increases the risk of infection in the workplace.
Those managers would be very angry right now if they could read.
Those managers would be very angry right now if they could read.