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| Employees who bravely come to work when they are sick are doing their company more harm than good. |
Important projects and meetings are often the reason why staff come into the office when sick. However a sick person in a meeting room is likely to make the whole team sick and the project sent completely off track.
Although it's done out of job dedication in many cases, it really doesn't help to have an employee in the office who is spreading an infection to others, in addition to not being able to work as well due to their own illness.
The main way illnesses are spread is from person-to-person in respiratory droplets, when a sick person coughs or sneezes, or by touching a contaminated object or person and then touching your own mouth, nose or eyes, or someone else's mouth or nose.
Some experts say presenteeism can actually result in a greater loss of productivity than absenteeism.
Attending the meeting using virtual meeting technology can get the same result without the risk of infection.
In a recent survey, almost half, or 48 percent of employers report a problem with presenteeism. That's up from 39 percent last year, and it's a situation more organizations are taking seriously.
Express Virtual Meetings CEO, Simon Ross, says "We always see a big increase in their business in the flu months of July and August. Many companies are waking up to the benefits of virtual meeting services to prevent the spread of sickness around their office"
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