Well of course absenteeism is high!

MCF and MEIA are the worst of the worst in government!! (and that's saying alot)

Instead of pressuring people not to take days off and the aptly described badgering by having nurses 'visit' people at home they should be working on employee morale and management competency issues.

How stupid of the execs. Stupid stupid stupid.

Oh and wouldn't the nurses be better off seeing patients - there IS a nursing shortage after all.

Good on you Sean, they have not wanted these numbers out for a long time.

The last thing in the world employees need is OHP nurses badgering them at home. The Occupational Health program does not provide any recognizable, or quantifiable service. I think it's time that all of these government departments start releasing public reports about what work they perform and what work products they produce as public servants.

The government should be very clear about some of the latest human rights and labour relations rulings re: attendance management programs before they start sending their nurses out to harass ill workers at their homes. I don't know of any other industry, or organization that would EVER consider it best practices, or legally viable, to send employees to the homes of sick employees to "help them find ways to get back to work sooner." That would be a HUGE mistake and quite likely could lead to some serious problems for the government.

As usual, this dysfunctional system is going about things ass backwards. Instead of going after the employees, why not _listen to the employees and the BCGEU_ who have been telling the government for decades about the problems of workload, chaos and disorganization. The dysfunctional nature of the corporatized organizational culture of MCFD is also to blame for workers becoming ill. It is a "sick" organization through and through. Eli Sopow's book "Corporate Personality Disorder: Surviving & Saving Sick Organizations" is a must read to begin to understand the toxicity. Until the government wraps their brain around that, they will continue to lose dozens, if not hundreds of workers each year. And, in this Ministry, that sometimes means that children die as a result. Obviously that isn't a concern of government either. It's too bad the Liberals don't value children's lives enough to properly manage this system and fund more workers. Do managers really need more catered meals for meetings?

The next set of stats to be released should be the attrition rates for child protection social workers, year by year, by region and age. The "powers that be" have no concept of the damage being done to workers and frankly, one has to conclude they don't care, as this has been happening for decades. Go back and read the Gove Inquiry, Hughes Review etc. The attrition rate is rapidly accelerating and this means a severe decrease in organizational capacity and competency at all levels. That lack of competency has been well known at the managerial level for years (the Peter Principle anyone). The wisdom ran out the door when Campbell gave them all early retirement and voluntary departure to get the numbers down.

All of this "sickness" can be placed squarely on Campbell's shoulders, no-one else is responsible, least of all the workers/victims. I suggest the government, in their finite "wisdom" start sending nurses to see him, although there is no cure for what he's got. Except being knee-capped in May 2009. Looking forward to the end of a Liberal majority.

Sending a nurse out to the homes of employees of mcfd who are ill is likely another of du toit's stupid ideas. working under her "leadership" would make anyone ill. after the nurses pay a visit to our drunken premier, their second stop should be to the tax payer subsidized condo of lesley du toit and make sure that the nurses are from the psychiatric ward.