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The surprising reasons behind fake sick days

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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Claire Hibbit

Claire Hibbit

Claire Hibbit is an intern at Dynamic Business and has just completed a Bachelor of Journalism, majoring in Communication and Media Management from the University of South Australia. She enjoys all things media and travelling.

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