Higher wages offered for fewer public service sickies

By Noel Towell
Updated May 8 2015 - 5:28pm, first published May 4 2015 - 11:45pm
Australian Public Service managers are failing to tackle the "seemingly intractable" problem of sickies among their workers, internal APS documents reveal.

 Photo: Robert Peet
Australian Public Service managers are failing to tackle the "seemingly intractable" problem of sickies among their workers, internal APS documents reveal. Photo: Robert Peet
'Unscheduled absence' in the Australian Public Service is estimated to be costing more than half-a-billion dollars annually. Photo: Erin Jonasson
'Unscheduled absence' in the Australian Public Service is estimated to be costing more than half-a-billion dollars annually. Photo: Erin Jonasson

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