Much to the chagrin of employers around the world, employees’ temptation to feign illness to avoid work is not limited to high school students and entry-level employees. Professionals in any industry may seek to avoid a day in the office by notifying their employer of a nonexistent illness.
Many companies have acknowledged this reality by simply eliminating the distinction between sick days and general paid-time-off (PTO) days, removing much of the motivation for faking illness.
