When Warm Weather Arrives, More Employees Call in “Sick”
At least 30 percent of workers admit they’re planning to fake sick days this summer, according to new research.
From: Inc.com | By: Tamara Schweitzer
As summer approaches and temperatures rise, office dwellers tend to get a little antsy. In fact, a growing number of employees are calling in sick and skipping work during the warm-weather months, new research shows.Of 1,077 full-time employees polled, 39 percent said they’ve called in sick to take a day off in the past, and 30 percent said they planned to do so again this summer, according to the “Summer Absenteeism” survey conducted by Harris Interactive.
Among employees who faked sick days, most said they used their time off to go to the beach or go shopping. Not surprisingly, the most popular days to skip work were Monday and Friday, the survey found.
In addition to wanting to enjoy the weather, respondents also said they called in sick whenever they needed a mental-health day or had limited time off due to a demanding workload.
“In my experience, employees really value time off more than they value those extra couple of bucks,” said Scott Demorest, co-founder of ACME Business Consulting, a Portland, Ore.-based firm.
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Corra has heard more than one client complain about absenteeism when the weather gets nicer. Being a California based company, and being a bit spoiled with our weather, we lack the yearning that must go on in the northern, colder climes.But whatever the weather, when employees play hooky your business can suffer. Which is why when hiring job candidates, you should run an employment verification search and even a personal reference on your key people. This will help ascertain work ethic and punctuality. The more desultory employees tend to move around a lot more than the more conscientious. This is unless the more conscientious were offered promotions as other companies, and the employment verifications can reflect that as well.
We also suggest the education verification search, since this is where most people lie about their backgrounds. Someone lying here will be the employee calling in sick in order to bag work for the day. A warm day, of course.
Check them out before you hire.
