There are sick days you have to pay for, and of course they have to take them whether sick or not. I have had employees who were always broke but would not work overtime even if paid in cash. A while back the local Labour Department or whatever they are called this week approached me to take a few young people for work experience. One lasted two days and one turned up at 10am for an 8am start and lasted 4 hours. I flagged it away after that.
Many young people seem to have no work ethic today.
Change is needed at school level with more practical economics and real life and less Treaty rubbish taught. It seems an increasing percentage of the population are growing up with a mind set that the Government should pay for every thing, which of course is you and I, the ever-dwindling pool of tax payers. These people should get a life. I will not in future consider employing a female on principle. I have found by losing 4 staff and keeping one good one and choosing just the good work I can make the same living with way fewer hassles.