Workers feeling summer-time blues
Fri 25 Jul 2008 at 12:52 PM
Most British workers are experiencing the 'summer blues' and dragging their feet at work, a new survey has found.
Research by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) revealed more than half of employees felt de-motivated and unhappy.
Graham Holley, chief executive of the TDA, said teachers consider their long summer brake as "a well-deserved benefit offering time for relaxation as well as time to catch up".
The poll showed 58 per cent of respondents believed they suffered from Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder, which left them close to quitting their post.
Professional jobs understand that employees fall ill from time to time, but all employers look unfavourably on workers who feign illness – the research revealed almost one in ten (eight per cent) said they were more likely to call in sick during the summer.
From March 2007 to March 2008, the average level of days recorded sick per employee was 10.1, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.
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