Re: People going sick.
Totally agree with the playground squabbling comment. This is a serious issue with anecdotal evidence (inevitably) that people are increasingly lead swinging to avoid their committments. The Civil service has a concept of "notional attendance" which lets staff turn up for work for a short period then go home "feeling unwell" and it's not recorded as sick time.
With JPA around the corner and harmonising of ToS - see self certifying claims- will this cheats charter become part of the military malingerers arsenal.