The Sloth Ethic

The Confederation of British Industry are moaning again about sick leave.

UK bosses suspect that one in eight of all UK workplace absences are due to staff faking illness, research by the CBI suggests.

The CBI are urging employers to crack down on this pernicious menace, after their survey revealed that employers suspected that 12% of illness […]

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Something has been discovered in many offices and factories. Perhaps it’s in the paint. Maybe it’s emitted by laser printers, or is caused by fluorescent lighting, or air-conditioning units.
There’s a direct link between exposure to this and ill-health. It makes those exposed to it twice as likely to die from heart disease, and almost twice […]

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