Trivial Grumblings

[Jim]

Have you ever tried to claim that?

Statutory sick pay is paid automatically in the UK, you don't have to claim anything unless you are on long term sick, in which case you take your GP referral to your employer and they set that up. It's not that hard, really.

[someone else]

It might be alright for office workers, but if you are paid hourly and you don't turn up then you don't get paid. That's why many people are reluctant to take time off. And don't say "sick pay". Have you ever tried to claim that?

Plus, some firms also have bonus's when sick days are low, so there's incentives for coming in. When I was in the Fire Service, they brought in 'grey days' on top of the usual shift where a fireman would be 'off' but could be called in if someone was sick - not going to lead to workplace bullying at all!

[Gandalf the Red]

Have you ever tried to claim that?

Statutory sick pay is paid automatically in the UK, you don't have to claim anything unless you are on long term sick, in which case you take your GP referral to your employer and they set that up. It's not that hard, really.

Not when you are on short term or "zero hour" contracts that the vast majority of hourly paid workers are on nowdays. Even Royal Mail workers are on short term contracts of 16 weeks. 16 weeks in, 2 weeks off. Take time off. Bye.

[Andy (Dr Sin)]

I can understand people in that sort of situation coming in whilst ill. But here where all that happens when you're off is you have a 5 minute talk with occupational health when you come back in it doesn't make sense to come in when you're ill.

[Turbo]

The scroll wheel on the mouse I am using sounds like a socket wrench. Cheap as fuck Logitech mouse is cheap.

[Jim]

Get yersen a Microsoft mouse. Those things are invincible.

[thehairyone]

Have you ever tried to claim that?

Statutory sick pay is paid automatically in the UK, you don't have to claim anything unless you are on long term sick, in which case you take your GP referral to your employer and they set that up. It's not that hard, really.

Try telling that to any agency. They'll just laugh.

[Jim]

Agencies will laugh as their fodder is zero houred slave labour.

[Turbo]

Get yersen a Microsoft mouse. Those things are invincible.

I want something that looks cool. Bored of conventional mouses. Needs strobe LEDs I have decided, or glitter. Bitches love glitter.

[Katesyl]

Being ill is exceptionally boring. I have at least *finally* managed to get an application sent off for NHS Professionals and applied to extend my overdraft. (Yep, just realised I'm currently 88p over... grim.)

[PhilMow]

On the whole "working while ill," I've had a stinking cold since last Friday.
Would love to have a day/s off, but I really can not afford it.
I spend most of my day on my own around people, but not in clsoe proximity and make people aware I have a cold.
Statutory sick pay is £86.70 p/week.
I've probably had less than 10 days off sick in the 8+ years I've worked where
I am and when I have had to have a sick day, I've either used a days holiday
or worked some over time to make the hours back up.

[Tet]

I want something that looks cool. Bored of conventional mouses.

MMO7 mouse:

[Jobdone]

Pretty sure my illness is coming back for a second go at me.

[wintermourn]

I'm just waiting for the day that somebody finds out it's all a big scam like the whole Kony thing

"Over 73% of all donations raised are going to fundraising, overhead, executive salaries, and external donations. Less than 27% is actually used for the purpose we donated for."

[Tet]

"Over 73% of all donations raised are going to fundraising, overhead, executive salaries, and external donations. Less than 27% is actually used for the purpose we donated for."

This is sensationalist bollocks, misleading at best and outright wrong at worst. 27% goes directly towards ALS research. But only 11% goes on administration. The rest goes on patient care, ALS related education and further fundraising. Seems like the sort of thing a charity like that should be spending money on to me.

FWIW, the UK equivalent of ALSA, the Motor Neurone Disease Association has a broadly similar spending breakdown, split among research, care, education, fundraising and admin. Admittedly their admin costs are a bit lower and they spend a bit more on research, but the differences aren't huge.