Dynamic Business is bringing you our top stories from 2012 over the break. Please enjoy this story from March 28.
With the long weekend fast approaching business owners are bracing themselves for the dreaded “sickie” phone calls, however a new report has revealed the most common reason for faking a sick day is not what many would assume.
Despite popular belief, nursing a hangover isn’t the most common reason employees pull bogus “sickies”, it’s more likely they’ll need the day off to care for someone else.
According to the Robert Walters Employee Insights survey, 47 percent of employees admitted they called in sick to look after a family member or friend, 33 percent needed time to attend to personal errands and 28 percent needed a ‘mental health‟ day.
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