Fit for Work? The Influence of Sick Pay and Job Flexibility on Sickness Absence and Implications for Presenteeism

Recent developments in UK policy on health and employment have sought to change perceptions about what constitutes ‘fitness for work’. With the aim of reducing the incidence and duration of sickness absence, a range of initiatives, including the introduction of the ‘fit note’, are challenging the belief that it is necessary to be 100 per cent well in order to be at work. However, this article suggests that contextual factors independent of health may also influence people's decisions about whether or not to attend work at times of reduced wellness. Drawing upon data from a qualitative study of mental health and employment, this article illustrates how the terms and conditions of a person's employment may influence sickness absence decisions in a number of ways. It is argued that sick pay provisions, size of employer and nature of work may influence both decisions to take time off and decisions about when to return to work. The degree of flexibility to manage one's workload around times of poorer health may also have a bearing on whether people feel able to carry on with their work without recourse to sickness absence. Therefore, it may be important for policy interventions to consider not only health circumstances but also structural/contextual influences on conceptualizations of being ‘fit for work’. The implications of such contextually‐influenced decision‐making for ‘presenteeism’ are also considered. It is suggested that current conceptualizations of presenteeism are somewhat ambiguous; employees coming to work despite ill health is simultaneously presented as a problem and an aspiration.     

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论《红楼梦》中的柳意象

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从文本诠释到文化诠释——论理雅各《尚书》译本中的“详注”策略

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汉字六书指事构形法

指事造字是汉字的一种重要构形法。学界对指事字往往致力于它的“兼类”研究,论及指事字构形原理就显得歧见纷纭。我们经过对指事字进行系统观察整理,就指事字的构形机制及构形类型作出了客观分析。区别出指事字当中的指事符号存在指事记号跟指事代号之分,并对省形指事字进行了讨论研究。还明确提出了区别指事字跟象形字以及会意字的根本原则和具体方法。     

论金融票据犯罪的立法原则建构及其相关问题

通过法律尤其是刑事法律对金融票据犯罪进行规制非常重要,在立法上应遵循一定的原则,即以金融票据法律法规为刑事立法基础的原则、对金融票据犯罪刑法处罚的谦抑性原则、自由刑和财产刑并重的原则和单位犯罪的双罚制原则.在这方面,我国现行刑事法律尚存不足和缺陷,给司法操作带来了不必要的麻烦,有待于进一步改进和完善.     

利用数字图像处理技术测量零件几何尺寸

基于图像处理技术的零件尺寸自动检测方法可避免传统人工检测方法的各种弊端。本文探讨了图像处理的基本流程、图像处理方法和分析计算,并通过实例证明了该检测方法的可行性。     

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