New Study – Why Not to Get Ill at Work

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:19:51 +0000

People who take long spells of sick leave at least once in three years face a higher risk of early death, according to a study that could help doctors pinpoint patients with life-threatening problems.

Researchers led by Jenny Head, an epidemiologist at University College London, obtained sickness absence records for nearly 6,500 British civil servants aged between 35 and 55, between 1985 and 1988.

They compared this data with mortality among the same group up to 2004.

The death rate was significantly higher among workers who had taken more frequent spells of sick leave.

Nearly 30 percent who had taken a medically-certified absence from work — sick leave lasting more than seven days — at least once in a three-year period had a 66-percent increased risk of premature death compared with workers with no such absence.

The death rate was especially high among employees with circulatory disease or psychiatric problems. There was no additional risk of death among those who took sick leave for back or neck problems.

The paper, published on Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), suggests spells of sick leave can be a useful, fast-track indicator for general practitioners, as they could point to an urgent, underlying health problem.

The tool could also help identify employees suffering from stress and high job demands, enabling them to get treatment from occupational physicians.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081002/health/health_work_1

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Options in Life and Work

admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:39:49 +0000

There always , at least in theory should be options to your choices in the workplace – should you or shouldn’t you , why and why not ?

First you can “sell out”- that is to do what the job requires and not allow questions of ethics , business or common sense to enter in

For example you are a cashier at a local big box superstore. You are employed (currently or at that moment) as a cashier in the express line up. A customer comes , dallies , and in the end insists that an item from the office equipment and stationary is 50 % off. You know that there are markdowns but unsure of this particular item. The customer insists. You are left with two common sense options – first put the item through promptly. After all there are a number of customers waiting in the express lineup who are getting anxious and fidgety. Option two is to offer the customer to take the item out of her shopping basket for now , or void the order while awaiting notification

Option 3 is to follow the rules . Make the customers in the line wait while another employee checks the price . Next blame ” management” for not providing clear price lists. In the end this is a case of not accepting any responsibility for your actions or your actions leading to poor customer service.

Such an approach seems to be the choice that leads most straight into a career in “management”.

Those that cannot do teach . Those that cannot teach criticize. Those that cannot teach and excel in criticism and as well accept no responsibility for their actions , while blaming others , often have a successful career in “management”