Survey reveals employees who call in "sick" probably aren't

Two-thirds of U.S. workers who call in “sick” do so for reasons other than physical illness, according to the findings of the 17th annual CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey.  Personal illness is the most frequent reason given for unscheduled absences with 34 percent of respondents pointing to it as being the cause of employees' last minute "no-shows."  However, that leaves 66 percent of all unscheduled absences to be the result of something other than personal illness.