Council loses ’68 years’ work to sickness’
April 23, 2010 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
Staff at a single council took the equivalent of 68 years off sick days in the
last year at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.5 million, it has emerged.
Published: 11:13AM BST 22 Apr 2010
Peterborough City Council has revealed that its 2,123 employees took a total
of 25,082 days off sick between April 2009 and March this year.
Colds and flu accounted for 4,086 days while 4,886 days were lost due to
depression, stress, anxiety and fatigue.
Each …
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