Why workers call in sick...
2007-12-20 08:04
London - The morning after the night before is the main reason in Britain for employees calling in sick, a study published on Wednesday showed.
One in five workers opting to stay in bed do so because of over-indulgence, according to 500 individuals surveyed by Unum insurance company. Scots are the most likely to take sick leave in this way.
"These figures reinforce well-documented and worrying trends that people's drinking habits are impacting on the workplace," said Unum's chief medical officer, Professor Michael O'Donnell.
"In 2005/06, there were 187 640 NHS hospital admissions among adults aged 16 and over with diagnosis specifically related to alcohol. This has more than doubled in the last ten years."
After a hangover, the next most frequent pretext for taking time off work on medical grounds is the desire to spend time at home making up after a domestic dispute.