![]() ![]() Obese people have four days more sickness per year, but many women of normal weight are still physically unfit and more likely to have sickness absence. 'The fitter people are the less sickness absence they have. Working from home can often be an answer. 'If managers do more to find out why employees were off sick they may be able to come up with alternative solutions and support mechanisms that can help reduce overall sickness absence. 'Women are usually the principle carer for children and if a child is sick they may take time off 'sick' to look after the child. Yesterday, Dr Tony Williams Consultant Occupational Physician at Benenden Hospital commented on the results: 'Everyone who goes off sick does so for a reason, but the reason is not always related to disease or illness. It also emerged that 37 per cent of Brits would prefer colleagues to stay at home if they are ill, rather than try and soldier on or moan about it in the workplace.Īnd the typical adult feels 100 per cent well just half of the time. The report also revealed men will ring in sick for more minor 'illnesses' such as hayfever, sore throat and headache, while women stay in bed with symptoms such as vomiting, flu and high temperature. They have also sat at their desk on at least eight occasions in the last year when they knew they should be at home resting, compared to six for men. Seventy per cent feel like they are unable to take any time off work, compared to six in ten men who admit to the same pressure. Two thirds are left feeling guilty if they have to let their boss know they're staying at home, while just a third of men said the same. ![]() ![]() The average man spends 11 minutes a day moaning about beaing ill, the average women moans for 16 minutes a dayįewer than in one five have ever had a talking to by their boss about their sick leave and they will pick up the phone when they have to let others know they won't be in.46 per cent of men and 62 per cent of women have been to the doctors in last year.21 per cent of men and 26 per cent of women have faked an illness to take a day off work.54 per cent of men and 63 per cent of women worry about their workload when they are off work.28 per cent of men and 62 per cent of women feel guilty ringing in sick.25 per cent of men and 18 per cent of women have been called up by their boss to check that they are really ill.61 per cent of men and 71 per cent of women feel like they are unable to take time off work.85 per cent of men and 91 per cent of women try their hardest to get into work despite feeling ill 85% 91%.34 per cent of men and 30 per cent of women call in sick the moment they feel.Men pull an average of 140 sick days over their working life, women call in sick 189 times.Only then will we start to see the Karens and Kens change their ways. The offending individuals should be described in the stinging terms that describe what their actions represent – racism, white entitlement, and unchecked privilege. But it would be a mistake to simply let the perpetrators of such actions hide behind labels such as Karen, Ken, or whatever other names the internet and Twitterverse comes up with. There is no doubt that the United States is nowhere close to “peak Karen.” In fact, it is possible that the wave of exposing this behavior that has long been part of American culture is just getting started. Only when behavior is explicitly called out can it be seen for what it is, and for what it represents. The second question is equally, if not more important – why even use the label “Karen” in the first place? While it is easy to use a colloquial reference for the behavior, why not unequivocally label it what it is – white entitlement and privilege? Or racism and white arrogance? Without naming the behaviors and biases explicitly, meme-like labels mask the inherent offensiveness and hurtful attitudes of these individuals’ actions. ![]()
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