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ABSENTEEISM IS COSTING small businesses over €490 million a year according to the Small Firms Association Absenteeism Report for 2014.
It found that 4,052,222 days were lost last year and that back pain, anxiety and depression were the biggest contributors.
Geographically, absence is highest in the west at 3.38% – whereas the midwest has the lowest rate at 1.75%. The report gave this breakdown:
It also looked at the most commonly cited reasons for absence on medical certs:
SFA Executive Alan Sherlock said, “Employers should ensure that they are fulfilling their duty of care to their employees by including manual handling and mental health when conducting risk assessments as part of their review of their health & safety statements.”
The bad news
While the direct cost to small business with sick pay schemes is over €490 million, Sherlock said the overall cost could actually be close to €1 billion.
“When you include additional direct costs, such as replacing staff, paying overtime and medical referrals, and indirect costs, such as loss of productivity and the time spent managing absence, the overall cost is close to €1 billion.”
The good news
The report did show that overall, absenteeism has been steadily declining over the past decade.
It also indicated a lower level of absenteeism in smaller business when compared to larger enterprises.
“For large businesses the average absenteeism rate is 2.34% or 5.4 days where as in businesses with less than 50 employees the rate is 2.06% or 4.7 days.”
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I think anyone living on their own should have a room where they could lock themselves in and be able to sound a loud siren if they need to.
Had an elderly relative nearly left for dead by 3 gougers who left empty-handed after a couple of hours beating him up.
Like Panic Room? Last time Forest Whitaker almost killed Jodie Foster in there as far as I can remember.
How about maybe having judicial system that works instead?
Let me guess – those dirt bags had 10 previous convictions, but never been in jail longer than a week?
They were well known to the Guards. Got away with it but karma got some of them through other incidents they were involved in.
Better still you should be allowed to pump them full of lead. If they enter your house while you are in it. Self defence after all.
What is anyone doing about the feral scüm class? Why do we continue to let the breed and reward them for doing sowhen the people who pay for them can’t even afford families themselves? Surely some sort of voluntary sterilisation program is order where by members of the feral scüm class are given slightly easier sentences once caught in act of scümbaggery if they agree to be neutered? We could even offer a once of payment of €100,000 if they agree which is halved if they already have a child and halved again for any subsequent child. In the long run, we’d be saving money.
If you lock up the criminals then the legal profession go hungry and who will invest in Government bonds and vulture funds then ? -’Twould be total anarchy no jobs for economists or anything – R.T.E. would have nothing to report , Primetime would be replaced by Gareners Advice and Crimecall would not afford our Gardaí much needed exposure !
Don’t be silly gkrell , society as we know would end !
Gardeners’
what amazes me though is we usually follow the uk in their legislation…but do you ever hear a judge in Ireland sentence someone to minimum sentences..IE: Life , with a recommendation they serve 25yrs before being allowed to apply for parole etc…its common practice in the uk…
All this violence in the news these days is very disheartening =/
That’s awful but yet four hours ago the journal rubbed the Dubs noses in it that Cork was a much better place to live !!
http://jrnl.ie/1748376
So Dublin is great then?
Langer.
Brian I’m not saying Dubljn is great but it is bad out pitting counties against each other and painting a picture of a place through rose tinted glasses everywhere has its good and Bad points but the journal are stirring the s…
That article was on Culture in Cork.
I’m from Cork City, I didn’t write the article, the city didn’t write the article.
And this article has nothing to do with it.
We’re all from Ireland anyway, lets just take pride in that.
Touché
Grow up.
Bryan ya knob everyone knows Dublin is way better!
We have better breed of chavs in cork
Sooner or later the Socialist State will result in more crime. Just keep supporting the welfare state and you will pay a huge price. If you had an immigrant problem such as ours as well as a large parasite class such as we do, you would have complete chaos. A “panic room” room !!! Are the Irish kidding? A 44 Magnum is the answer. As Clint Eastwood said “Make My Day”. Johnny McCullough from Martinsburg, WV.
What we need is analytical methods and good intelligence work to catch these criminals ! But I hear that department are a bit busy catching real criminals !
Needless to say I hope the victim makes a full recovery ..
The solution by the way is cameras on the gable end of your house ! Know a Guy who had his garage broken into three times put up a camera and now he doesn’t have to even close his door …
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