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November 11, 2007 at 4:40 pm #1042864
Ive just found out that where i work they have introduced a policy regarding sick-pay and leave and so-called self-induced injuries.
If you fall in the shower and hurt your back etc you’e entitled to sick leave with pay
but if you go out an play footie/rugby/hockey or horse-ride/snow-board/parachute etc then any injuries you sustain are you’re own problem and you get no sick pay!
ffs! an they claim to want people leading healthier life-styles!
anyone else come across this?
November 11, 2007 at 4:41 pm #1124633:crazy::crazy::crazy:
They want to employ couch potatoes?? :you_crazy:you_crazy
Is that exclusion actually legal?
November 11, 2007 at 4:41 pm #1145557:crazy::crazy::crazy:
They want to employ couch potatoes?? :you_crazy:you_crazy
Is that exclusion actually legal?
November 11, 2007 at 4:43 pm #1124635apparently. I’m in a national organisation and it is now official policy so . . .
next time i hurt myself i’m just gonna lie!
It b******s
November 11, 2007 at 4:43 pm #1145559apparently. I’m in a national organisation and it is now official policy so . . .
next time i hurt myself i’m just gonna lie!
It b******s
November 11, 2007 at 5:44 pm #1124637i ahd just parachuted into my nice hot shower after boarding down a mountain on horseback and i slipped
November 11, 2007 at 5:44 pm #1145561i ahd just parachuted into my nice hot shower after boarding down a mountain on horseback and i slipped
November 11, 2007 at 9:59 pm #1124630tarifa wrote:Ive just found out that where i work they have introduced a policy regarding sick-pay and leave and so-called self-induced injuries.If you fall in the shower and hurt your back etc you’e entitled to sick leave with pay
but if you go out an play footie/rugby/hockey or horse-ride/snow-board/parachute etc then any injuries you sustain are you’re own problem and you get no sick pay!
ffs! an they claim to want people leading healthier life-styles!
anyone else come across this?
I recently heard about bonuses and incentives for people who don’t take sick leave which I like but people shouldn’t be penalised for hurting themselves or falling ill that’s for sure…
November 11, 2007 at 9:59 pm #1145554tarifa wrote:Ive just found out that where i work they have introduced a policy regarding sick-pay and leave and so-called self-induced injuries.If you fall in the shower and hurt your back etc you’e entitled to sick leave with pay
but if you go out an play footie/rugby/hockey or horse-ride/snow-board/parachute etc then any injuries you sustain are you’re own problem and you get no sick pay!
ffs! an they claim to want people leading healthier life-styles!
anyone else come across this?
I recently heard about bonuses and incentives for people who don’t take sick leave which I like but people shouldn’t be penalised for hurting themselves or falling ill that’s for sure…
November 11, 2007 at 10:06 pm #1124636Dr Bunsen wrote:I recently heard about bonuses and incentives for people who don’t take sick leave which I like but people shouldn’t be penalised for hurting themselves or falling ill that’s for sure…falling ill is ok, not self-induced (so far, how long before lifestyle-choice associated ailments get nailed up against the wall?)
At mo its just sports/activty injuries but it still seems to be the thin edge of the wedge to me (or is this just my old school paranoia raising its ugly head again?)
November 11, 2007 at 10:06 pm #1145560Dr Bunsen wrote:I recently heard about bonuses and incentives for people who don’t take sick leave which I like but people shouldn’t be penalised for hurting themselves or falling ill that’s for sure…falling ill is ok, not self-induced (so far, how long before lifestyle-choice associated ailments get nailed up against the wall?)
At mo its just sports/activty injuries but it still seems to be the thin edge of the wedge to me (or is this just my old school paranoia raising its ugly head again?)
November 11, 2007 at 11:36 pm #1124632it started with drugs testing, now it’s moved on to hobbies
some people are trying the same arguments with entitlement to national services, based on whether you smoke or are over weight
basically, everything has an inherent risk and this kind of exclusion rule / viewpoint has no end to it
November 11, 2007 at 11:36 pm #1145556it started with drugs testing, now it’s moved on to hobbies
some people are trying the same arguments with entitlement to national services, based on whether you smoke or are over weight
basically, everything has an inherent risk and this kind of exclusion rule / viewpoint has no end to it
November 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm #1124634Where I work – I’ve not heard of an actual policy but have an example:
my friend damaged his sholder playing footie and ended up off sick haveing an opperation, he returned to his team – fucked his sholder up a few years later and had to have another opperation – and was told by work he is not allowed to play football anymore as if he got injured (in anyway) they’d not pay his sick leave. He ignored them and is still playing as its his hobby and he enjoys it…
November 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm #1145558Where I work – I’ve not heard of an actual policy but have an example:
my friend damaged his sholder playing footie and ended up off sick haveing an opperation, he returned to his team – fucked his sholder up a few years later and had to have another opperation – and was told by work he is not allowed to play football anymore as if he got injured (in anyway) they’d not pay his sick leave. He ignored them and is still playing as its his hobby and he enjoys it…
November 12, 2007 at 12:47 pm #1124631The private sector has been doing this for years, a lot of people will just give in in order to get a job (particularly at the higher management positions or for high value contract) – many actually weed out the people who have “risky lifestyles” at the CV-sifting level..
I think some employers had to be reined in using the Human Rights Act at some of the contract terms included not just restrictions on lifestyles but movement restrictions (similar to bail terms) and even a vow of celibacy! :crazy_diz
how would these rules treat cycling, which is often done both for sport/enjoyment but also as a normal way of getting around?
Would someone have to not ride their road bike to work but take in a old 3-speed hub gear Raleigh to prove they are “not involved in dangerous racing?”
Tank Girl wrote:Where I work – I’ve not heard of an actual policy but have an example:my friend damaged his sholder playing footie and ended up off sick haveing an opperation, he returned to his team – fucked his sholder up a few years later and had to have another opperation – and was told by work he is not allowed to play football anymore as if he got injured (in anyway) they’d not pay his sick leave. He ignored them and is still playing as its his hobby and he enjoys it…
November 12, 2007 at 12:47 pm #1145555The private sector has been doing this for years, a lot of people will just give in in order to get a job (particularly at the higher management positions or for high value contract) – many actually weed out the people who have “risky lifestyles” at the CV-sifting level..
I think some employers had to be reined in using the Human Rights Act at some of the contract terms included not just restrictions on lifestyles but movement restrictions (similar to bail terms) and even a vow of celibacy! :crazy_diz
how would these rules treat cycling, which is often done both for sport/enjoyment but also as a normal way of getting around?
Would someone have to not ride their road bike to work but take in a old 3-speed hub gear Raleigh to prove they are “not involved in dangerous racing?”
Tank Girl wrote:Where I work – I’ve not heard of an actual policy but have an example:my friend damaged his sholder playing footie and ended up off sick haveing an opperation, he returned to his team – fucked his sholder up a few years later and had to have another opperation – and was told by work he is not allowed to play football anymore as if he got injured (in anyway) they’d not pay his sick leave. He ignored them and is still playing as its his hobby and he enjoys it…
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