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Nigel DuPree
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If 4 out of 10 people (not cats) have expressed a preferrence not to be at work this may indicate mild rather than clinical depression yet it would suggest significantly more than 10% of employees, if the diaffection were to last at least twelve months (minimum period for DDA classification for a disability) it could be characterised as a disability in terms of limiting or reducing the individuals capacity to perform well or even normally?
It may also be indicative of loss of meaning and purpose if it perceived that whatever they do or however hard they work they are never going to see an end to it or be appreciated as approval deprivation turns into performance anxiety and any sense of security or self-worth evaporates over time.
People who are deminished to a point where they end up feeling like another bit of kit on the production line know they are just human resources to be worn out and replaced with a newer younger model if they show any sign of weekness or ill health.
We will indeed have to see how the corporate manslaughter legislation takes affect when human resources start claims for neglegence where a company has not implimented or put routine and planned maintence proceedures in place to reduce risk of kit, sorry people, breaking - down !!!!!!!!
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Jill Kettle
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well said Nigel, no matter where you go in this world the employer never takes cognizance of the fraility of the human factor. We are all little cogs in the big machine of commerce and as such are expendable. No matter how much legislation is put in place you cannot legislate against the human condition of difference, whether it be age,gender,education or class. Bearing in mind the new Corporate Manslaughter Act will, no doubt, have a major impact on those closer to bottom of the food chain as we do not have the financial backing to be able to drag out any action.
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