Most organizations only offer their employees a certain number of paid sick days per year. Unfortunately for Dominic, he burned through all of his sick days about two months ago, which means that, even though he’s got a migraine that could drop a horse, he’s got to go into the office today. But even though he’s physically there, that doesn’t mean he’s going to be performing at 100%. This phenomenon is known as “presenteeism”: an employee shows up to work, but isn’t all that productive due to illness, a medical condition, or some other health factor.
We all have off days, and like it or not, we’ve all had to go to school or work on days when we’re not feeling our best. It's what it is, right? Things need to get done. But the fact that this presenteeism can have a negative effect on a company’s productivity shouldn’t really come as a huge shocker. For example, let’s say it usually takes Dominic an hour to process twenty invoices. With a migraine, however, he’s only able to get through about ten every hour. That’s a 50% reduction in productivity, which could potentially impact his organization’s financial bottom line. On the plus side, though, that’s still ten more invoices per hour than he would’ve gotten done if he was home in bed with an ice pack on his forehead. Looks like, in some cases, presenteeism is still preferable to its cousin: absenteeism.
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Finance Allah Shmoop What are unemployment benefits Well a century
ago and you lost your job This is what happened
to you then this and then this Well the government
decided that America was better than this and that there
should be a shock absorber in the personal economies of
individuals when they were fired And yes sometimes employees did
such a lousy job at work They deserve to get
fired But other times cos downsized into higher divisions so
employees who are at no fault of their own were
fired And other times injuries illness and other factors played
a role in turning this guy into this guy So
the U S Government created an unemployment benefit system that
filtered through out the country And it was a kind
of buffer when an employee went from earning a grand
a week Teo nothing Unemployment benefits comprise a few things
Well first there's the money And in order for there
to be money in the till somewhere too Hey for
that unemployment benefit system the US introduced attacks that basically
socks away money for the future with certainty that well
at some point a whole lot of people will be
unemployed and appreciate the buffer It's a fair question to
ask What about the people who were planners plotters preparers
for a rainy day But why do you tax those
people so that they then pay for workers who got
fired and weren't disciplined enough to save their own damn
money Well it's kind of the price you pay for
being a superpower So yeah the US does have freeloaders
criminals leeches on the system lazy people and bad workers
But we have so many more of the good egg
kind of people that we can at least as faras
today goes afford TTO have a generous unemployment system So
how does one actually qualify for unemployment benefits Well usually
you have to have lived in your state for at
least a year before collecting them and typically you have
to show that you're continually actively seeking employment and not
just binging Handmaid's tale on your sofa And often you
have to show that you were laid off through no
fault of your own Like if you were fired from
RVs for throwing four pounds of roast beef at the
head of a customer No you'll probably need to look
into you know Plan B i e soliciting your family
for alone instead of hoping unemployment covers Yeah And well
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existing quality of life Generally even if you do qualify
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