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Today Is National Sickie Day

More workers will pull sickies today than on any other day of the year and Northerners are particularly likely to skive, according to Sky.com. Work-life balance expert Professor Cary Cooper said: “Early February is a very popular time for taking a sickie. “The first bank holiday still seems a long way off, the days are gloomy and many people are still feeling the post-Christmas blues.” Liverpool is reportedly the sickie capital of Britain, with workers taking an average of 13 days off a year, compared to an average of three for London. However a TUC spokeperson defended the figures, saying “With February a top month for colds and flu, the worry is that people with genuine illness will now have to struggle into work and infect their colleagues to avoid suspicion of cheating.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .