WORKERS IN BARBADOS should never exploit the privilege they enjoy of paid sick leave and uncertified sick days.
Chairman of the Productivity Council Dr Akhentoolove Corbin said abuse of the long-held legal requirement that workers be allowed a certain number of uncertified sick days each year as well as paid sick leave, was a matter that should be addressed. His call came after the Productivity Council started its period of awareness with a church service at St George’s Parish Church yesterday.
Calling for re-education of workers, the University of the West Indies lecturer in management told the DAILY NATION that too many workers believed they had “a right” to take the full number of uncertified sick days they were allowed in a year, even if they were not sick or incapacitated.
Workers in the private sector are afforded six uncertified sick days annually, while in the public sector some get up to 21. (TG)
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