Summary
Your editorial (April 28) was a fairly predictable response to the news that Scots workers have a high sickness absence rate. Ordinary Scots workers making a valuable contribution to society are actually malingerers who should be refused a sick note and put straight back to work.
However, if you care to look a bit closer, you will find a rather more obvious reason for the high sickness rates. Many employees regularly work 50, 60 even 70 hours a week in order to earn a decent living wage.See the full content of this document
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Long Hours Damage Health
Constantly working so many hours has an effect on your general health and people become run down and prone to colds and minor ailments.
One of the reasons that workers have t...See the full content of this document
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