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Have You Lied to Your Employer About Being Sick This Winter?
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Have You Lied to Your Employer About Being Sick This Winter?
Yes, I've called in sick when I wasn't actually under the weather.
I've done it in the past, but not this Winter!
Unbelievable Work Excuses, According to You
At the beginning of the week I told you about Careerbuilder's recent survey that asked bosses for the most ridiculous excuses they've heard from employees calling to say they'd be missing work. You all responded with stories of unbelievable excuses you've heard or used, and below are some that made my eyes pop! Some are true and some are not — which do you think is most outrageous?
The Most Ridiculous Excuses For Missing Work
There are two main points that I took away from reading the results of a recent Careerbuilder survey: Some bosses actually drive by employees' homes when they've called in sick, and some people will say anything to get out of going to work. Both parties are guilty, but the boss might be doing more damage than the employee in this case.
Thirty-one percent of the employers surveyed said they follow up with employees who call in sick, some require doctor's notes, others check in by calling, and a creepy percentage drives by the employee's home.
Study Says People Come to Work Sick Because of Pressure
Savvy stats that show 34 percent of you are too busy to miss work when you're sick and 22 percent of you are just too stubborn to stay home, go right along with a national study where half the people reported they go to work when they're sick.
A new poll conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health looks at the reasons why people go to work when they don't feel well. The main causes include the fact most workers don't have paid sick leave or that they feel pressure from their employer to be present no matter how they feel.
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Should Paid Sick Time Be an Employment Standard?
Many of you admit that you go to work sick because you're too busy to miss work, but for 46 million US workers it's not the workload that's keeping them from taking time off, it's that they don't have the benefit of paid sick leave. Advocates of proposed state bills mandating paid sick leave are hoping legislation would expand existing benefits and add new ones.
Come November, voters in 12 states, including California, Connecticut, Minnesota and West Virginia, will have the chance to share their feelings about proposed state laws that would enforce businesses to offer paid sick leave.
Third State in US Approves Paid Family Leave
An emotional debate among New Jersey's State Senate ended Monday with new family legislation. If the bill becomes law, New Jersey could claim status as the third state to give employees the right to take paid leave to care for a newborn or sick relative.
Workers taking leave would be eligible for two-thirds their salary maxing out at $524 per week for six weeks.
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