The hidden danger of refusing to take a sick day
, it’s time we started listening to our bodies, not our bosses, and called in sick to work when we’re unwell.
If you’re part of the UK’s stressed out workforce, the answer is probably a big, fat, panicky ‘no’. As a nation, we are taking fewer sick days than ever before, with figures from theshowing that sick days are at an all-time low. In fact, the number of sick days taken per worker per year has almost halved since 1993; back then the average worker took 7.2 days of sick leave a year, whereas in 2017 that figure had plummeted to 4.1 days.
That means that more of us than ever before prefer to head to the office and ‘soldier on’ through whatever bug we’re nursing, in a desperate bid to avoid falling behind – or to impress our bosses with our can-do attitudes. It’s that or, y’know, pull our laptops into our sick bed, to ensure that we can keep working even when we’re sick.
But rather than allowing our bodies and our minds to recover for 24 hours, we’re battling viruses alongside deadlines, and stomach bugs in tandem with workloads. And – surprise! – this is doing far more harm than good.to an increase in reported mental health conditions, including stress, anxiety and depression, and – ironically – it is these conditions that are among the main causes of long-term sickness absence.
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