Unions fear more sick days as stress increases

THE average number of sick days taken by employees at Derbyshire's councils is rising.And unions believe that it will only get worse at the city council as more posts are cut.New figures from Derby City Council show that the average number of working days lost to sickness per employee was 7.6 days in 2012-13, up from 7.4 in 2011-12.At Derbyshire County Council, it went up from 6.61 to 7.29.Nicole Berrisford, Derby branch secretary for Unison, said that the union believed there would be more...