KOTA BAHARU, June 6 (Bernama) -- Mohd Fakri Mohamad Noor has been working at the National Kenaf and Tobacco Board for 25 years now and never once took medical leave. Not even when he was sick.The 48-year-old director of corporate communication of the board said that he had observed that many government and private sector employees were "too ready" to take medical leave.
"Maybe I was trying not to be like them. That is probably why even when I fall sick, I take emergency leave instead of medical leave," he told reporters at the a staff gathering here.
At the gathering, Mohd Fakri received a certificate of appreciation for being the only employee who has never taken medical leave.
Mohd Fakri joined the board in 1986 as a technician and was later made assistant principal of the training centre.
He became the corporate planning officer and director before assuming his current post.
He said that another reason he did not take medical leave was his accumulated annual leave.
"If I need time with the family, weekends are enough. I still have 80 days of annual leave left," said the father of five.
"So, should I become ill at work, there is always the annual leave to draw from," Mohd Fakri.
"Certainly, there won't be any medical leave."
-- BERNAMA
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