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East Ayrshire Council staff sickness levels plunge amid pandemic

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSick days dropped at East Ayrshire Council during the pandemic.Between April 1 and October 11, 2020, the number of days taken off work per employee was three on average.

They were absent for four days on average during the same period of 2019.It is understood the drop may be down to large numbers of staff working from home during the health emergency and is a national trend.Council leader Douglas Reid said: “It may be the case that people suffering physical pain just continued to work from home.”The SNP Kilmarnock politician urged people to treat the figures with caution and warned the pandemic had accelerated mental health problems.He said:.

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