Originally Posted by
AngryMiller
You might also look into the number of prescriptions written for anti-depressants. If that is significantly high then you have a serious problem on your hands.
Under HIPPA, I'd be extremely surprised if you could get that sort of information on your employees.
Originally Posted by
castrobenes
So if someone abuses their sick leave it's their manager's fault...?
It's extremely difficult to make that sort of determination in the case of one employee requesting sick time.
On the other hand, if Manager Alpha's employees, taken all together, use 15% of their accrued sick time in a given year, while Manager Baker's employees use 95% of their accrued sick time, there may be a sign than something is wrong in Baker's area. Maybe it's Baker; maybe it's someone else in Baker's area; maybe it's something unique to the environment. But at that point, someone should be taking a look.
And "abuse" of sick leave is extremely hard to determine. Excessive stress can lead to physical illness.