The sickie is declining, & here's why...

UK workers are three times more likely to go into work unwell than ‘pull a sickie’, new research suggests.

Seven in ten (69%) employees admit to going into work unwell, according to Aviva’s Working Lives report, and less than a quarter (23%) say they have pulled a sickie despite not being unwell.

Further figures indicate that UK employees are three times more likely to go to work when they are sick.

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