Piling on the pressure

Original: Piling on the pressure

Staff sickness is well-renowned as being a huge problem for employers, costing them millions of pounds each year from a loss in productivity. But it seems that a new way to get around this problem is emerging much to the concern of many health professionals. It is now apparent that businesses are putting increasing pressure on workers to carry on with their jobs whilst at home, but this could actually cause more financial loss from sick days in the long term as employees fail to recover fully from their illness. Companies may be advised to invest in private health insurance for their staff as an alternative to piling on unneeded stress for their unwell staff, ensuring that they can return to work as soon as possible.


This pattern of behaviour e immediate future and cause even more money lost to sickness for businesses.