James commented that the proposed enhancement to SSP entitlement under the Employment Rights Bill “may sound compassionate, but it will undoubtedly have the effect of increasing casual absences from work. By trying to fix what isn’t broken, this reform may well drive up ad hoc absences in the workplace, particularly for conditions such as minor mental health ailments, with the inevitable effect of increasing strains on both employers and co-workers of absent employees.”
Click here for the full article in The Telegraph:
Anxiety in the UK: the mental health boom crushing work
ct.moreover.com/?a=58133202106&p=7r6&v=1&x=y4xyblBRsDLhEGeonC_xlQ
For further information, please get in touch with James Townsend. Alternatively, call 020 7465 4300
