Sunday, 7 December 2014

Labour run Wigan Council offers £6,000 cash prizes to staff turning up for work.

Hit with a £4 million sickness absence bill last year, Wigan council has a novel idea to encourage staff to turn into work (we thought that’s what they got paid for, but what do we know).

The ‘Attendance Reward Scheme’ introduced in April 2013 rewards staff for achieving 100% attendance,  4 times a year staff are entered into a cash prize draw and have the opportunity to win £1,000, £500 or £250, costing taxpayers some £6,000 per year in total.

Staff that achieve 100% attendance over a 12 month period also get an extra day off.

Records show sickness absences were up in January 2013 with peak sickness on Mondays (nationally referred to as Blue Mondays). So Wigan council ran another cash prize draw in January 2014 to compensate.

This follows on from the recent scheme ‘pick up ya poo and win £50’ operated by the councils dog wardens (we kid you not).



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