Nine in 10 went to work while ill last year - Canada Life

Adam Saville
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Nearly half of UK employees surveyed did not take a sick day in 2017

Research by Canada Life has found that as many as 28 million employees may be coming into work while ill in the UK, with 88% of those questioned admitting they go into the office when suffering from a minor illness. The survey, which sampled the working behaviours of 1,001 full and part-time employees, found that 53% stated that despite being unwell they felt they did not warrant a day off, a quarter (25%) said that the size of their workload prevented them from taking a day off, while one in 10 (9%) did not feel secure enough in their role to take sick day. One in five (19%) said tak...

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