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Employees faking sick on the rise

According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, 40 percent of workers have called in sick in the last 12 months when they werent, compared to 35 percent in 2016.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on November 24, 2017
Twenty-six percent have fired an employee for using a fake excuse to get out of work. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Lots of people do it, but if they get caught, they could find themselves standing in the unemployment line.

According to CareerBuilder’s annual survey, not only are people calling in sick without actually being sick, more of them did so in 2017 than did so in 2016. In fact, 40 percent of workers have called in sick in the last 12 months when they weren’t, compared to 35 percent in 2016.

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