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8 in 10 of us afraid to take a day off sick
Sick workers go in EIGHT out of 10 workers would go to work ill – with many afraid of repercussions from bosses or colleagues.
More than two-thirds of workers with colds or flu wouldn’t call in sick.
And more than a fifth keep working through stress or an emotional crisis, a poll of 2,000 for People HR found.
The average number of sick days by workers fell to 4.1 a year in 2017 – a big drop from 7.2 days in 1993.