Word: hofman
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...LEONTE HOFMAN Chicago...
...everything from union pressure to slack doctors to sneaky employers. In the Czech Republic, for example, it's not just the workers that abuse the system. Since the government picks up the sick-pay tab, some employers put workers on sick leave during seasonal drops in demand. As Jiri Hofman, deputy minister of labor and social affairs, told Time: "Some companies suddenly report that almost 100% of their workers are sick. It's as if they've been hit by plague." Between August 2000 and August 2001, Germany's Betriebskrankenkasse des Landes Berlin (bkk) - a state health-insurance scheme - made...