Article: Police taking less sick days

Article: Sick days cost taxpayers GBP 14m
Evening News - Scotland;  January 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... set a target of driving down the number of sick days by 20 per cent in two years. They say disciplinary action ... training and new policies in a bid to reduce sick days. Slashing absences by 20 per cent would save an estimated GBP 2.9m by March ...

Article: TTC tries remedy for rising sick days.(News)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  October 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the system has climbed 1.7 per cent this year, despite a pilot program that reduced the rate of sick days by 6.4 per cent in some divisions. In 2006 ... day in benefits for 112,690 sick days. Last year that number rose to ...

Article: Right to banked sick days a waning trend in ...
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  July 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... to pay for banked sick days at $260 million ... who cashed banked sick days cost the city $9 ... plan provides 75 per cent to 100 per cent of ... that, at 75 per cent of pay. There is ... have enough banked sick days, Sacks says. CUPE ...

Article: Vacation, sick days a $104,000 windfall for fire ...
Providence Journal (Providence, RI);  March 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... July 1995 are allotted 15 sick days a year and can accumulate ... accumulate vacation or sick days beyond the year they were ... expenses, which would be 50 cents on the tax rate," Lombardi ... accumulated vacation and sick days when he retired in February ...

Article: Stress to blame for half of all sick days; Bosses ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the proportion of sick days related to mental ... risen by 4 per cent in just a year ... of 2.6million sick days, meaning that 50 per cent of time off due ... proportion was 46 per cent - 1.7million ... overall number of sick days has dropped, the ...

Article: COUNCIL CRACKDOWN ON SICK DAYS `WORKING'
Evening Mail;  June 29, 1999 ;     446 words ... ... the high number of sick days taken by the authority ... average number of sick days from 12.6 a year ... responsible for 10 per cent of the total, as ... who do not take any sick days at all. Last year around 34 per cent of the council's ...

Article: COUNCIL CRACKDOWN ON SICK DAYS `WORKING'.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  June 29, 1999 ;     461 words ... ... the high number of sick days taken by the authority ... average number of sick days from 12.6 a year ... responsible for 10 per cent of the total, as ... who do not take any sick days at all. Last year around 34 per cent of the council's ...