No extra costs for federal civil service sick leave, budget watchdog says [View all]

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/07/16/no_extra_costs_for_federal_civil_service_sick_leave_budget_watchdog_says.html


I'm guessing this guy has never run his own business. Here is the crux of his argument:

“Since most departments do not call in replacements when an employee takes a sick day, there are no incremental costs,” said the report released Wednesday.



As far as I am concerned they can't have it both ways, there is no business in Canada that would suggest that having a full-time employee away from work doesn't come with a cost. When someone doesn't come to work their "production" is missed; or, that department is overstaffed and thus that person doesn't need to be employed there at all, we can't have it both ways.