⚠️THIRD MEETING: ABSENTEEISM IS NOT THE ILLNESS IT’S THE SYMPTOM ⚠️
The company maintains its intention to remove the benefit that guarantees 100% salary during the first five days of sick leave.
At Fetico, our position is clear: tackling absenteeism by reducing the pay of employees who fall ill does not solve the problem—it simply penalizes people who are already going through a difficult situation.
Absenteeism is not the cause, but a symptom of a reality that need to be examined: workload, work-life balance, mental health, workplace organization, and working conditions. If we want to reduce absenteeism, we need to address these root causes. If we’re going to talk about absenteeism, let’s also talk about employee well-being.
Our priority is to ensure that employees feel better. That’s why we continue to advocate for measures that genuinely improve attendance and engagement, including:
👉 Updating the WFH allowance to the current reality.
👉 Better compensation for the employees’ actual work (additional languages, etc.).
👉 Salary increases that match the cost of living in Barcelona.
👉 More flexible WFH and remote work: additional weeks, requesting individual days,
working from abroad, and remote work based on medical recommendation.
👉 Increasing the gym reimbursement.
👉 Increasing the meal allowance.
👉 Eliminating the absorption of salary improvements against existing pay components.
🟢Our position: We will NOT accept the indiscriminate removal of this complement.
Any measure that reduces employees’ rights must be limited in scope, properly justified, and based on real data—not assumptions or perceptions.
Our proposal is clear:
➡️ The first sick leaves should always be paid at 100%. People get sick, and the discussion should focus on preventing potential abuse—never on penalizing the entire workforce.
➡️ We do not accept easy solutions to complex problems. If we want to reduce absenteeism and protect our site, we should start by improving working conditions.
🔥Absenteeism is not tackled by punishing people who become ill. It is reduced by creating a better place to work.
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👯 Paula Garcia - Daniel Monfort - Tatjana Sánchez - Raül Hernandez - Guillermo Arnal - Nina Delgado - Oriol Carbonell - Júlia Campmany
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