FYI: Hoarsely-whispered reports of Laryngitis sky-rocket

You may know by now that Work Hate is proud champion of the mental health day and so it will come as no surprise that we were horrified to discover this in the Metro:

“Firms are hiring nurses to grill staff over their symptoms. Instead of phoning the boss, workers are now being told to ring a call centre where they must detail their symptoms to a nurse. Active Health Partners, which has started the scheme and has 20 clients, claims it slashes the number of sick days.



'Our nurses will give staff confidential advice to help them improve quicker' said managing director Alan Aldridge.
Of 176 million sick days in Britain last year, 25 million were believed suspicious, he added."

This, of course, raises an obvious question. How many times can you ring up and complain of a dry mouth / headache / bloodshot eyes / loss of will to live - before they start getting 'suspicious'?

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