Attacked by ants: crazy excuses for pulling a sickie

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A new report has revealed that sick days cost UK businesses over £23 billion a year. And while no doubt there are those who are rendered incapable by a bout of something serious, around £9 million of this is lost because people are pulling a sickie. In fact, the report claims that one in three people have done this in the course of their career.

And some of the excuses they use are impressively inventive.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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