A summer of sport is about to kick off with the UEFA European
Championships, followed by Wimbledon and the Olympics.
A recent survey has estimated that during the Olympics this
summer, around 1 in 5 employees are willing to take unauthorised
absences from work. The survey also found that as few as 22%
of workers believe that their employers are prepared for the
"disturbance" to the workplace that the Olympics will
bring.
We have advised employers about employees who have suddenly gone
"AWOL" for sporting events and employees whose sickness
absence pattern closely mirrors the home fixtures of their
team!
During the World Cup in 2006, two football fans faced
disciplinary action when they were caught red-handed by their
employers watching an England match in a pub after taking a
'sickie' from their jobs as supervisors at a manufacturing
company.
