HR nightmare: Jeremy Clarkson's 'no time off since 1978' claim

Britain’s broadcasting marmite, popularly known as Jeremy Clarkson, has made headlines again after contracting pneumonia whilst on holiday in Majorca.

As ardent TV and automobile fans will be wishing him a speedy recovery, the incident raises a crucial HR dilemma: how can you get ever-present staff to take time off?

After his hospitalisation, Amazon Prime’s Grand Tour presenter tweeted: “It’s really, really annoying because I’ve never had one day off work since I started in 1978.” Yet, CV-Library data has found that Jeremy Clarkson is probably not alone two-thirds of employees go into work when they’re ill – with 86.5% of these employees admitting it affected their performance.

Lee Biggins, Founder and Managing Director of CV-Library, added: “It’s understandable that workers feel guilty for taking days off when they’re unwell, no one likes to leave their colleagues in the lurch. And for this reason, it’s important to have processes in place whereby other members of the team can pick up the workload.”