Business Secretary presents...

[bless 'em all]

This is old news for me.

When a started working for BT some 16 years ago I booked some holiday over Christmas, but was sick prior to my leave starting.

I just phoned in sick on the days I was supposed to be working. After Christmas the HR dept asked me if I wanted to carry the leave over. They'd treated my entire holiday period and sick leave and credited the holiday time back.

It's little things like that that makes me hark back to the permie days ....

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Many large cos do this already. I think it is nuts - if you are sick, you take your chances when it happens end of.

[Doggy Styles]

Many large cos do this already. I think it is nuts - if you are sick, you take your chances when it happens end of.

Agreed. It is more extra cost to business.

[DodgyAgent]

Clearer. Initially it looked like you were saying the new policy was anti-business, which I don't think it is.

It is completely anti business. It may be good for employees but ultimately it is yet another piece of regiulation that will increase costs to business. It will most likely be exploited by the public services as yet another entitlement that the rest of us will have to pay for.