Fearful staff 'going to work ill'

People are increasingly going to work when they are ill, highlighting a culture of "presenteeism" rather than staff pulling sickies, new research has revealed.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) said a fall in absence levels from just under eight days a year to less than seven coincided with a third of employers reporting a rise in the number of staff going to work ill.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%