TUIHANA RANGAHAU/AUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Whangārei Hospital nurses say sick leave requirement adding to stress

Rule ‘punitive’, professor says AUT Social Transformation Research Institute director, Professor
Katherine Ravenswood, acknowledged sick leave was difficult to manage, especially in a busy hospital.
But she said if staff were asked to provide a medical certificate for just a day’s sick leave, it would come
across as heavy-handed and uncaring.

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