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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I 100% believe that a business of any size that can't cover sickness, holidays and maternity has over-stretched itself in terms of staffing requirements vs profits. Being one member of staff down should always be well within staffing margins...
If multiple people are unexpectedly off sick - or if several staff members resign at the same time - then of course there are likely to be problems but any business that can only function normally at 100% staffing with zero margin is simply in the wrong, IMO. The logic that all staff should be available at all times is exactly what allows smaller businesses to discriminate against "women of child bearing age" because of the "risk" of pregnancy / maternity. No one should have to feel guilty about taking time off work for health reasons (physical or mental).
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Yes as long as it's genuine not people taking the piss. I work in a small company and we've had to cope with maternity leave and people being sick and we do but it's harder than how a large company would cope. That's just life, the smaller guys have to struggle a bit more with things like this. Are you saying we just shouldn't be open if we don't have as much cash as larger businesses do?
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