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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 6 Oct 2014

    Employers say the number of days taken as sick leave have fallenhttp://bbc.in/Z8470f 

    2:22 AM - 6 Oct 2014
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    • Ali Colleen Medlock Joanna Sholem waqasgandapur1 Elwing Annárë Daniel Andy sv nagraj Equiniti HR&Payroll
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      2. Socialist Voice‏ @SocialistVoice 6 Oct 2014
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews Only because Cameron has made it easier for employers to sack employees @TUSCEssex

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Maxoid_Mysticalmaid #PCPEU‏ @SamWitts2 6 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SocialistVoice

        @TheMockneyRebel @BBCNews @TUSCEssex Along with adding appeal costs.

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      4. Socialist Voice‏ @SocialistVoice 6 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SamWitts2

        @SamWitts2 @BBCNews @TUSCEssex Cuts to legal aid by £220m. What chance do ordinary people have?pic.twitter.com/9lVyWzNKXb

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      5. Maxoid_Mysticalmaid #PCPEU‏ @SamWitts2 6 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SocialistVoice

        @TheMockneyRebel @BBCNews @TUSCEssex But they complain about mansion tax. what happened to "In it together"?

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      6. Socialist Voice‏ @SocialistVoice 6 Oct 2014
        Replying to @SamWitts2

        @SamWitts2 @BBCNews @TUSCEssex That slogan has get-out clauses! 😉

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      1. Douglas Grant‏ @TuctorGuy 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews possibly something to do with sick pay, unkess of course you are protected

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      1. mark williams‏ @markwil36277493 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews not so many civil servants anymore

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      1. bachulus‏ @bachulus 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews they blackmail threaten itinerant workforce-soon worker's to die on the job-CBI utopia-low paid & unprotected-tory deal goes down

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      1. Paddy Hanrahan‏ @HanrahanPaddy 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews probably because everyone's upbeat and feeling good at the work the Tories are doing 🙈🙉🙊

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      1. Popular History‏ @popular_history 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews is that because less people are working and smaller contracts meaning underemployment leading to less sickness opportunity

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      1. John Wells‏ @jcwells_phon 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews The number *has* fallen.

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      1. Richard Scanlon‏ @Richard_Scanlon 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews Not surprised really, they don't have to record workfare sickness and those on zero hours don;t count either

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      1. Guy Visive‏ @GuyVisive 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews Time off sick drops, time off for caring increases, or just different excuses! Although since the "R" word I appreciate work more!

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      1. Jack Cade1381‏ @JackCade1381 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews thats lies, should work where I work is like a bloody outpatients

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      1. Sasha Simic‏ @sashasimic 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews Better the number of people who get sick hasn't fallen #bullyingbosses

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      1. Euphoriabuzz‏ @euphoriabuzz 6 Oct 2014
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        @BBCNews probably due to hourly or zero hours contracts - no work no pay - no sick pay paid to hourly paid workers or temp workers.

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