Corporations operating from serviced offices in Edinburgh may wish to consider whether they should continue to offer contractual sick pay to members of staff.
This is following the advice of Karen Jackson, employment solicitor at didlaw, who said there is no downside for a staff member who has "the odd sickie" if they still get their wage.
However, if businesses refuse to pay workers that do not come in, "the levels of absenteeism would be lower", she declared.
"I'm pretty sure that the cost to businesses of sick days is quite high," the expert noted.
Ms Jackson's comments follow research commissioned by PwC, which found one-third of workers in the UK have lied so they did not have to go to work.
The majority of these (61 per cent) stated their motivation was being bored and depressed with work, although 11 per cent cited good weather, 18 per cent stayed at home because of a hangover and five per cent had romantic motives.
