Three-quarters of adults support a policy giving employees a minimum number of paid sick days. Over the years people have been swayed both ways about why sick days are/are not necessary for those who work. Implementing a national sick day policy would allow all full-time employees in the United States to be paid their ordinary daily wage for up to fourteen days per year for days missed due to illness or injury. This could become very helpful to many Americans who are working hard to pay their bills and to take care of their families, but are struggling to juggle work and family obligations. I believe passing this bill would make countless people more satisfied in the long run. Many employees decide not to skip work for reasons that should not be stressed over. These deciding factors usually include the fear of getting behind and the thought of not earning money. Employees feel that if they are not caught up on their work they may be lagging behind their coworkers and it will make them look bad. For example, if …show more content…
someone misses a few days of work because of an illness, he may find himself with an overload of work to do in a short period of time and if he doesn’t complete that work by a certain time he will upset his boss and possibly even get fired. Without a national sick day policy an employee may lose their job for reasons they have no control over! On the other hand, when an employee does go to work with an injury or illness there can be many consequences.
The most obvious problem a sick employee risks is spreading their illness. Suppose a sick employee shows up to work and spreads their illness to many of their coworkers. This now means that multiple people in the business are in the dilemma of whether to miss work and get behind or show up and spread their sickness. Not only will this affect the coworkers, but it will also put customers and the rest of the public at risk. Statistics have shown that when people are sick, they aren’t near as focussed as their usual self. This leads to the outcome of an unproductive day from a drained employee. A third factor that plays a role on those who come to work sick is a longer recovery time. If you do not allow your body time to heal from an illness, it will take much longer, thus implying there will be many unproductive days ahead for the ill
employee. A fear some people may have when deciding whether or not this bill would be effective is the concern of employees taking advantage of this right. Employers may think their workers will make up an excuse for using a sick day when it is not necessary. For this reason, employers may require employees to provide written documentation of illness or injury from a medical professional. This will confirm that all workers are using this policy for proper reasons. When an unexpected tragedy comes up and affects someone, that person should feel relief knowing that he has a supporting work environment that respects his use of a sick day. Going to work ill can be expensive in several ways. The center for American Progress estimates that unhealthy workers cost employers some $160 billion/year in lost productivity. Paid sick days should be available in order to maintain a healthier work environment. By voting to pass a bill to implement a national sick day policy, that is what will be provided. Step up and support this bill and be the face of a stronger, healthier world!
Lobbyist groups concerned with social reform and organized labor came together in the 80s and pressured members of congress to support legislation that required employers to grant leaves of absences for employees who had a serious illness, a newborn or newly adopted children or who were caretakers for other family members with serious illnesses. “These groups gained bipartisan support in both the senate and house and saw their bill introduced in e...
The case of sick leave involved Kelly, who was hired by Soto Board of Education in Japan. Her employment was with The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) and Conference of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) had taken over the contracts for the workers of JET. CLAIR’s role was to be a liaison during recruiting and selection, counseling and participant welfare. Their main function was to promote the exchange at the local level. The paper stated that if there was a problem with the host institution, then it was up to the host to address and solve the issue. If the problem didn’t get resolved then the participant could go to CLAIR with their grievances. It was up to them to step in on JET participants’ behalf to work to solve the issue.
By neglecting to acknowledge the importance of balancing work and life, policies have failed to support employees and their circumstances. This disregard has also cost taxpayers their well-earned dollar. And who are these taxpayers? Needless to say, they are our employees. The Family and Medical Leave Act stipulates that employees are allowed a twelve (12) work-week leave in a twelve (12) month period (for specified situations dealing with childbirth, adoption, family care, serious health conditions etc.). Unfortunately, this act does not specify that the said employees on leave MUST be paid, and it only applies to about sixty (60) percent of all workers. The Federal government is the single largest
Employees can be absent from work either due to Long-term sickness, short-term certified or uncertified sickness or unauthorised absence and lateness. Absenteeism will not include annual leave , maternity, compassionate or absence due to training or attending union meetings but where a worker fails to turn up at work as scheduled resulting in disruption of work schedule, added work load, increased payroll costs and poor quality service an d poor staff morale.
National healthcare doesn’t sound so bad right? Wrong, one of the key parts to this bill is everyone who works pays in, however everyone has healthcare. This means that the meth addict down your street that doesn’t work and is constantly in...
Time is a very important thing to all of us. Many people all ready of busy schedules, whether with work or school. When someone gets sick that reduces the amount of time that you have to do other things. Also it can reduce the amount of time that others have too. When you are not available to do a job because you are sick, someone has to take up for you which will cause them to have less time for the things they need to do. So take a step and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
...l many years from now, but providing affordable healthcare to the population is something nobody should complain about and to me and in many peoples opinion, is worth the fight, wait and commitment. National health care is something many nations provide to their citizens, and I do believe our country should move in that direction. I think medical care is a right, not a privilege. A citizen of the United States of America should not be living in fear that if he or she becomes sick or injured, that they may have to make that decision on whether to seek medical assistance or bite the bullet and wait it out. Many times waiting it out is a viable option. Other times it’s a difference between life and death. I wouldn’t want money to ever get in the way of that decision. Therefore, Medical coverage should be made available to all, and we are moving in the right direction.
A recent study has shown that the US healthcare system deals with nearly 25 million cases of influenza each year. In a typical year, as many as one person in five in the US comes down with the flu, resulting in more than 200,000hospitalizations. The financial costs are huge, not least for employers. For each episode of illness, an employee typically misses between a half day and five days of work. The cost incurred due to reduced productivity and disruption to work flow; together with other indirect costs, is enormous.
Employee’s health is directly influence work behavior and employee performance, so companies attempt to encourage employees to maintain and promote employee health in order to avoid the cost produced from health problem. Although most companies promote employee healthy workplace, many companies still are suffered from employee absenteeism and presenteeism. Presenteeism is more interesting and hot topic in the workplace. Presenteeism is defined as employees attended to work while sick both from physical or mental health conditions, so those employees unable to work at the normal rate or full capacity. In addition, the study showed that presenteeism can cost greater than absenteeism because unproductive workers come to work due to their sickness (Toten, 2014). According to Sunlife Financial, presenteeism generates four times cost more than absenteeism in terms of hours lost (Reyes, 2014). In fact, it is difficult to measure presenteeism unlike absenteeism (The problem with presenteeism, 2013) because it is difficult to measure the cost of unproductive performance due to sickness. In contrast, the cost of absenteeism is more predictable; HR can predict the cost when employees do not show up to work cost for substitute employee and cost of lower company productivity. Sometimes, presenteeism may be considered an act that inspiring admiration from colleagues when employee present at work while sick, however, many people also view presenteeism as negative action in the organization because it leads to productivity loss. In addition, it increases high risk of illness transmission to other employees with can increase health care cost eventually (Toten, 2014).
The patients main goal is to get better; their health is extremely important to them and being in the hospital is not where they would like to be. The patients mental state is extremely important to consider; as being sick can have an adverse reaction to their body alongside whatever is making them sick or hurt. The textbook, Nursing: A concept-based approach to learning. (Vol. 1) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease.” (2015) A lot of factors influence a patient’s health, not just their sickness or injury. I believe that is what health is; a combination of peoples physical, mental, and social well-being. Combine those three factors with an injury or illness and it can determine how the patient’s body will react to healing and the injury itself. Illness can mean a lot of different things for people; some say they have an illness when they have a common cold while others, when thinking of illness, think of cancer or life-threatening diseases. For me, Illness is whatever disrupts the three factors that make up the health and well-being of someone. Being in a good mental state is extremely important for patients. Having less stressors in a patient’s life can greatly increase their recovery and mindset. Having adequate healthcare is a stressor that can have a great impact on
The passage claims that the new policy, which allows employees to work four days instead of five, will have positive/beneficial effects on companies, the whole economy, and individuals.
The article for “Shirking: the War on Hooky” explained the difficult decision that a managers have to face with they coworkers abuse of absenteeism at work. Also the article evaluate how it causing companies billions of dollars when employees are taking advantage of the sick day policy and it decrease the productivity of the company workforce. The keys questions we have to keep in mind is sick day is generated from absenteeism, also it is part of any new or old employee orientation benefit package when they start working for an employer? The paper will describe different approached manager can used to reduce absenteeism among they coworkers. In how Human Resource should work with the managers to put in place a strong sick policy that represent the company needed and objective.
A healthy workplace, according to “World Health Organization” is one that “can be described as one where workers and managers actively contribute to the working environment by promoting and protecting the health, safety and well-being of all employees.”. Organizations have the responsibility to give support to individuals that have mental disorders in either continuing or returning to work. Research shows that unemployment, mostly long-term unemployment can have a harmful impact on mental health. Many of these initiatives will help people in the long run with mental disorders. “Those in unhealthy work environments tend to gain more weight and have more healthcare appointments. Stress from work can also impact their family life, and even increase risks for chronic illnesses and heart attacks.” Employers can easily take initiative to make the work environment a better
However, statistics from the world bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows that United States has the highest spending on health care, where treating people with chronic diseases accounts for 86% of our nation’s health care costs. When people have access to health care, they live healthier lives and miss work less, allowing them to contribute more to the economy. Having healthy employees will reduce the cost of health care and will increase the productivity as David Rektorski, owner of truck dealership Hino of Chicago says, “ The healthier the [Employees] are, the better chance I have of [my employees] coming to work.” (qtd in the Chicago Tribune). Having healthy people, improve the economy of the country, and reduce health expenses. It seems that it is better to prevent people from developing a chronic disease than pay for that
If staff are absent from work they are not able to carry out the functions for which they have been employed. In many businesses, these functions have to be taken on by someone else - if not, the customer could suffer. Reducing absenteeism is an important feature of human resource management. The extent to which absenteeism affects businesses has been a topical feature. Not only does absenteeism cause problems, but employers are beginning to recognise the effects of 'presenteeism' - staying at work when you are ill or because you believe that in some way your 'presence' will help boost your promotion prospects.