‘ , cs Castlegar News october 14,1907 a Castle BUSINESS _ HANDLING EMPLOYEE SICKNESS TORONTO (CP) — Jane's alarm clock signals the start of another workday, but this morning is different — she has a sore throat and the sniffles. Does she feel miserable enough to declare herself sick with a phone call to the office or will she go to work? It’s a decision every working person faces on occasion. But the answer to the question “Am I too sick to go to work?" often has less to do with the health of the employee than it does with job conditions, says Dan Ondrack, a University of Toronto professor of organiza tional behavior. People who are interested and challenged by their jobs are more likely to decide they are well enough to cope with their work in the face of mild adversity than are people who are bored or unhappy, Ondrack says. “The prospect of going into work for another day can be so depressing that people fee! that it makes them ill.” People dread work for a variety of reasons. It can be boring, the work can be co-workers can be obnoxious and the boss can be un- bearable. GOTO WORK “If your job is personally very interesting, you might go through an awful lot to make sure that you go to the job,” Ondrack says. “But if the job was just sort of so-so, just average, but your co-workers are really friendly and really supportive and you enjoyed being with them, then again you might say, ‘Well, I don't feel so well, but I'm still going to go in just to be with my social group.” “But if you have no particular attractions to either of those things . . . and you wake up in the morning and say, ‘Gee, I think I've got a cold,’ then the scales are going to tip in the balance of, ‘I don’t think I'll go in today.’ “All of this is unconscious, of course, in the way that it works with people.” Every week, about six per cent of the Canadian workforce is off sick for one or more days, Statistics Canada figures show. But no one knows how many of those people are truly ill and how many have taken time off for other reasons. It is clear, however, that people who enjoy their jobs make more of an effort to overcome any impediments. The ism rate varies ling to and employer, Ondrack says. A rate of 10 to 15 per cent “might be considered quite good” at the secretary-clerical level at a large white-collar organization like a bank or insurance company, he says. But at the supervisory or professional-technigal level, the rate might be down to five or six per cent. At the managerial level, it might be surprising if absenteeism is higher than two or three per cent, Ondrack adds. WON'T STAY HOME People who think they will be missed are less likely to stay home than those who believe their absence will have no effect on the workplace, he says. Many employers don't monitor absenteeism closely, says Al Mikalachki, a professor at the school of business administration at the University of Western Ontario in London. That sends a signal to people that it doesn’t matter if they go to work, he says. When companies start kéeping track of absenteeism, attendance increases because workers get the message that it is important, Mikalachki says. Trend to seniors next TORONTO (CP) — Re- cruiting campaigns that focus on getting people old enough to be grandparents into the workforce will become a trend in the 1990s, a Uni- versity of Toronto economist ts. predic’ “As the baby boom gen- eration moves into middle age, the biggest growth market in the 1990s will be people in their 40s," David Foot told a recent seminar sponsored by the Retail Council of Canada, Foot cited new television commericals in which older people are urged to work at a hamburger chain that norm. ally hires teenagers. “With fewer people under age 35, the most successful businesses will be the ones Free trade could mean cheaper cars TORONTO (CP) — If the Canadian dollar gets stronger, the proposed Can- ada-U.8. free trade deal could gradually mean big savings for used car and truck buyers by the end of 1993. Under the historic deal, Canada has agreed to lift its 56-year-old embargo on im- porting vehicles from the United States that are less than 15 years old. If effective today, \it could mean a saving of about 10 per cent by shuffling off to Buf- falo, N.Y., for a good deal at a used car lot. A 1984 Chevrolet Citation four-door hatchback, one of the more common North American models, would sell for about $4,200 US in Buf- falo, said Robert LaMastra of Great Lakes Motor Corp. That works out to about $5,500 Cdn, and Mike Lewocz of City Buick Pontiac Cadillac Ltd. in Toronto said the same four-door model would now sell for about $6,000 on this side of the border. But the price comparison is just an academic exercise at this point because it will be a few years before the ord- inary Canadian can go across the line to pick up a three- year-old used car. that rise to the challenge of coping with a dwindling labor force. “Over the 1960s and "70s, labor was an abundant com- modity in Canada,” he said. “But between 1981 and 1986, labor force growth was cut in half. “We'll be in a transition period in the 1990s, when capital will be the abundant commodity and labor will be Foot, who has studied and written about how changing demographics affect employ- ment, was speaking to about 75 members of the retail in- dustry in a seminar title Our Depleted Natural R gearing their music to golden oldies?” he asked the aud- fence. “That's where the growth market is. “But businesses that re- cruit older workers have to realize it's a whole different ballgame than hiring younger people.” They must be more com- mitted to retraining because a “younger person already — People. SOCIETY AGES People in the 35-44 age group make up 43 per cent of the Canadian population, while the 60-and-over age group makes up 30 per cent, Foot said. The 15-24 age group — the smallest in the country — “is an incredibly rapidly de- clining population,” he added. The birth rate began de- clining in the 1960s from a high of about four children per family in 1961 to 1.7 now. “Do you think it’s an acci- dent that radio stations are The money should go to wards retraining.” i —— CASTLEGAR CAMPUS—— Box 1200, Cas 8.c. 365- Entrepeneurship For Women This one-day workshop will help women to analyse their strengths and weaknesses as they relate to the business world. We will also discuss how to develop a market plan, financial needs, basic bookkeeping steps, advertising, net- working and stress. 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