some people will abuse the system, using their sick days for the wrong reasons.” Ghassemieh echoes the words of McPherson. “The biggest challenge with the new sick days policy is for smaller employers, because compliance expectations are hard on them. For larger employers it might not be as difficult to provide more time to their employees, but for others it’s a squeeze. They look at their bottom line and realize that to be compliant they will have to increase costs to customers to pay for that extra income.” “Excessive leave among their employees is a common concern of my clients,” says Jennifer
Since COVID, most work places would prefer employees stay home and recover from seasonal colds and flus, rather than risk spreading germs at the office.
with more limited benefits and perks. Your reward was that you got paid. Now we live in a different era, and employees are given benefits today that weren’t offered in the past. And, yes,
Krug, a human resources consultant with Wine Country HR. “It’s important for employers to balance both employee rights
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