Concerns over the cost of rising absences at South Ayrshire Council have been raised.
Independent councillor Bob Shields, chair of the service and performance panel, said that a 50 per cent rise in the costs of absences over the last year was a ‘shot across the bows’ for the council.
He also quizzed a senior HR officer about staff who may have a pattern of absences as a result of ‘external factors’ such as the day after football games or following annual leave.
