News tagged with sickness leave

Poor leadership poses a health risk at work

Perceived poor managerial leadership increases not only the amount of sick leave taken at a workplace, but also the risk of sickness amongst employees later on in life. The longer a person has had a "poorer" manager, the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Weak social ties at workplace increase risk of burn-out

Long-term leaves of absence tied to stress-related diagnoses are often preceded by a long period without any secure and comforting social relations. This is shown in a recently published study in public health science at ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Experts: Flu victims should miss work despite lean staffs, lost pay

It's common sense: Stay home from work if you have the H1N1 flu virus. But the reality of making that happen is daunting for already-lean businesses in Minnesota as they grapple with just how flexible they can be with sick ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0