GPs are being encouraged to stop handing out fit notes – also known as sick notes, to sign people off work, and instead offer ...

The stats broke down that 48% of all those surveyed call in sick to work, 22% called out sick, 19% used either term and 11% weren’t sure which one they would pick.

GPs are routinely writing sick notes for patients they have not seen. Doctors admit '95 per cent' of requests are waved through without assessing the patient first and are 'rarely ever' denied.

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When it comes to age, people 55 and older strongly favor the term, with 61% calling in sick. The 45-55 crowd also was strongly in the calling in sick camp, with 50% favoring the term.

I think death is knocking on my bedroom door ready to put me out of my snotty misery, but it’s only my father with a cup of tea and a thermometer to take my temperature. I have a flair for the ...

More than 22 million Americans are expected to call out sick from work on Monday following Sunday night’s Super Bowl LIX.. An estimated 22.6 million employees plan to be absent, according to a ...

Two New York City investigators responsible for rooting out sick-leave fraud and other corruption at the Rikers Island jail complex are now themselves under investigation over whether they abused ...