More than 70% of workforce take sick leave, costing municipality millions
In less than a year, more than 70% of Nelson Mandela Bay’s municipal workforce was booked off sick — at a cost of R86.1m to taxpayers.
Between October 2018 and September 2019, 5,086 of the metro’s more than 7,000 employees — many of whom cited psychological reasons or muscular pain for their absence — took paid sick leave. ..
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