What’s wrong with getting unpaid leave? They aren’t getting paid.
Many online commenters are making this point, but there are also responses similar to this::
If you read the whole piece it says 3rd paragraph from the bottom "The council admits the move will cost extra money." Okay, it also adds "but claims the amount will be limited" but it is still going to be money coming out of taxpayer's funds.
But, this is not just about the money. If you have people taking time off for surgery then who is going to do their work? Their colleagues will probably have to cover for them but I doubt they will be able to do 2 people's work without there being a backlog and if that happens in say the Social Services department then we are going to end up with more kids being abused by adults but slipping through the system because of lack of staff.
Garsinho, Manchester 15/01/2009 at 13:45
17 posted on 01/15/2009 7:40:38 AM PST by Stoat
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But, this is not just about the money. If you have people taking time off for surgery then who is going to do their work? Their colleagues will probably have to cover for them but I doubt they will be able to do 2 people's work without there being a backlog and if that happens in say the Social Services department then we are going to end up with more kids being abused by adults but slipping through the system because of lack of staff.
15/01/2009 at 13:45