March 30, 2009
STOP PRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yet more ridiculous stats from the Institute of Pointless Research. Hay fever is costing UK employers a whopping £7.1bn a year in lost productivity, it has been claimed.
Amazingly, this garbage has been reported by one lesser regarded HR publication on its website, which just goes to show what passes as 'news' these days.
According to a report by Kleenex (who else?), almost four in ten sufferers say their hay fever affects their ability to concentrate during the day. And most cold-hearted bosses admit they don't provide "resources" that might help alleviate symptoms ie. tissues.
In fact, most bosses say that if someone called in sick with hay fever, they would start to question their commitment. Quite right to. Sneezing and runny eyes should be no reason for a duvet day.
Guru postulates it won't be long before some chancer tries to bring a claim for disability discrimination at tribunal after being sacked for taking too may sick days because of hay fever.
Yet more ridiculous stats from the Institute of Pointless Research. Hay fever is costing UK employers a whopping £7.1bn a year in lost productivity, it has been claimed.
Amazingly, this garbage has been reported by one lesser regarded HR publication on its website, which just goes to show what passes as 'news' these days.
According to a report by Kleenex (who else?), almost four in ten sufferers say their hay fever affects their ability to concentrate during the day. And most cold-hearted bosses admit they don't provide "resources" that might help alleviate symptoms ie. tissues.
In fact, most bosses say that if someone called in sick with hay fever, they would start to question their commitment. Quite right to. Sneezing and runny eyes should be no reason for a duvet day.
Guru postulates it won't be long before some chancer tries to bring a claim for disability discrimination at tribunal after being sacked for taking too may sick days because of hay fever.
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