Sick Leave Case Study

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1.0 Introduction
Sick leave is leave that employees can take when they can’t attend work because they are sick or injured. In the case study “Sick leave costing employers” it highlights the issues of employees calling in sick to work and just how much damage is done both productively and financially to a business (Schermerhorn, et al.). The rationale for investigating this issue is due to the increasing statistics of Australian employees causing large amounts of financial damage to their employers. The realisation is that a high percentage of “sickies” are not related to employees being sick but simply not being bothered to go to work.

In this report, it will be argued that the issue of sick leave in the Australian work force can directly relate to a weak organisation culture displayed within an organisation. Every business must have strong leadership traits where both the workers and the employers interact where there is encouragement and support for continual growth. Also being argued by both Choi and Ruona (2011) and Weiner (2009), they believe that organisation culture is one of the most important contextual factors that increase or decrease the level of readiness for change (Haffar, Al-Karaghouli, & Ghoneim, 2012). The workplace mustn’t be a chore, instead a place where staff can grow has humans and become more useful to society and importantly the business. This means business must cater for employees needs and work hard to satisfy their unlimited wants.

A serious issue has transpired in Australia where “sickies” have become so enriched in the countries work culture that employees no longer see sick leave as a privilege but an entitlement (Schermerhorn, et al.). Due to this mindset that has evolved throughout the work plac...

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... success of an organisation there are different recommendations that could be considered. The hierarchy structure that is used by a business can be very harmful to their success if not used properly. The use of a horizontal structure would be the best option as it brings everyone on the same level. This is creates the opportunity for new leadership positions which allows for more voices to be heard in business decisions. Motivation is a great way of making employees feel wanted in the work place and encouraging them to push themselves and grow in the industry. Incentives work very well with this as extra payments, raises and other nice bonuses can be given out to those employees who use that motivation and work well for the business. These recommendations allow for a more productive workplace where employees don’t view it as a chore but as somewhere they want to be.

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