A friend asked me about my company's guideline on medical leave...how many days available for a staff a year ? Before answering, I asked why ?
He obediently shared with me on his difficult encounter with one of his lady staff who is a frequent taker on medical leave...all in all for this month alone, she has taken 3 days. I told him that we have a mximum 30 days per staff but of course it must be genuine with doctor's certification and normally when a person taken such a long leave, they are usually having a serious illness. however, for normal flu or cold..it is unlikely to be such a long time. If it is then, we will need to sit down with the staff to find out whether it is a habitual issue.
From my corporate encounters, my bosses will always discourage a staff from taking medical leave especially after going for a few days annual leave. Staff will be strongly advised to take good care of their health whilst resting as usually few will go overboard by over exerting themself during their earned leave and then exposing their health to sickness. Of course, if a person is sick, she or he can still obtain medical leave as long as the doctor certified them. But then, in this scenario of MC after leave may not look good as a good responsible staff.....what do you think ?
BTW, my friend's staff also taken MC leave after two days annual leave...what a difficult task to address people's habitual issue.
He obediently shared with me on his difficult encounter with one of his lady staff who is a frequent taker on medical leave...all in all for this month alone, she has taken 3 days. I told him that we have a mximum 30 days per staff but of course it must be genuine with doctor's certification and normally when a person taken such a long leave, they are usually having a serious illness. however, for normal flu or cold..it is unlikely to be such a long time. If it is then, we will need to sit down with the staff to find out whether it is a habitual issue.
From my corporate encounters, my bosses will always discourage a staff from taking medical leave especially after going for a few days annual leave. Staff will be strongly advised to take good care of their health whilst resting as usually few will go overboard by over exerting themself during their earned leave and then exposing their health to sickness. Of course, if a person is sick, she or he can still obtain medical leave as long as the doctor certified them. But then, in this scenario of MC after leave may not look good as a good responsible staff.....what do you think ?
BTW, my friend's staff also taken MC leave after two days annual leave...what a difficult task to address people's habitual issue.
1 comment:
MC is an entitlement or benefit to a staff?
When talk about genuine, how do you know whether it's genuine or not genuine case? As nowadays, a medical chit from doctor is very easy to obtain when requested by the patient.
My company also have experienced the same problem especially KL staff. Most of their MC shall fall on Friday or Monday. I think you know why.... longer holidays....
Responsible??? This word to them is nonsense or rather not to understand what's it mean in the first place.
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