• Eighty-five-year-old Elena Griffing hasn't taken a sick day on her job at an Oakland, Calif.

    WSJ: People Who Never Miss a Day of Work

  • Twenty-four percent said they had e-mailed and 11% had sent a text message notifying their employer that they were taking a sick day.

    FORBES: This Year's Most Ridiculous Excuses For Calling In Sick

  • Pike read the book while still an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, picking it up one afternoon while heading home for a sick day.

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  • When it comes to informing the employer about a sick day, some workers said they bypassed a phone call to the boss by using digital communications.

    FORBES: This Year's Most Ridiculous Excuses For Calling In Sick

  • While he hadn't logged a sick day in 10 years, Vyhnanek hadn't shared his food-preparation techniques with anyone either. (There was an assistant chef, but he only knew his way around appetizers and desserts.) One day, the odds caught up: Felled by the flu, Vyhnanek closed the restaurant on a Saturday night, leaving bills for 90 dinners on the table.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "I went and had a pint of kombucha one time and I was like sick for a day, " he said.

    WSJ: High Tea Has a New Meaning

  • Staff members made sure that all patients who made a sick visit the day before got a follow-up call within twenty-four hours, that every test ordered was reviewed, that every unexpected problem was addressed.

    NEWYORKER: The Hot Spotters

  • Traffic is picking up: Each of its clinics saw, on average, 20 sick folks a day in October, an increase over 17 patients a day during the summer.

    FORBES: Paper? Plastic? Penicillin?

  • Health officials said diners at Copenhagen's Noma restaurant fell sick over a five-day period in February, suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea.

    BBC: Noma restaurant. File photo

  • Raychel Ferguson died at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, a day after having her appendix removed in Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry.

    BBC: Hyponatraemia inquiry: Nurses giving evidence

  • Her daughter, Raychel, died in June 2001 at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, a day after having her appendix removed in Altnagelvin.

    BBC: Raychel Ferguson

  • Raychel Ferguson died in June 2001 at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, a day after having her appendix removed in Altnagelvin Hospital.

    BBC: Marie and Ray Ferguson

  • And believe it or not, today roughly 40 percent of private-sector employees work at companies that don't offer a single day of paid sick leave.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • One-third of workers have taken a day off when they weren't really sick, according to a survey of more than 6, 800 employees conducted by CareerBuilder.com.

    CNN: How to call in sick without jeopardizing your job

  • One day, the judge announced that a witness was sick (I guess something was going around) and that the trial would have to pause until he felt well enough to testify.

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  • The idea that vandalism might be on the wane - that the authorities have somehow got it under control - will sound like a sick joke to those that have to live with it every day.

    BBC: Why are vandalism rates falling?

  • Smaller businesses would have to provide unpaid sick time, so workers couldn't lose a job for spending a day at home to attend to their health or a relative's.

    WSJ: NYC Council speaker: Sick leave plan a balance

  • With the advent of flu season, it can be tough to know what to do when you know you are too sick to go to work, but are worried about the repercussions of skipping a day.

    CNN: Food workers, nurses forced to work sick

  • So if you are driving yourself to work each day and getting sick of the prices at the pump, this is a great time to think about switching to public transportation, as well as taking advantage of Commuter Accounts to pay for your qualified commuting expenses.

    FORBES: Are High Gas Prices Leaving You "Gas"-ping for Relief?

  • By day three I was craving solid food, and had started to get a little bit sick of the routine.

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  • At risk are the elderly, frail and sick whose devotion to their religion means they will be fasting for up to 18 hours a day.

    BBC: Some Muslims 'risking their lives' in Ramadan

  • Consultants have told the BBC there are also concerns over staffing the emergency department, covering holiday and sick leave, and the fact that the rest of the hospital system does not follow a seven-day working pattern shift, which has a knock on effect especially at the weekends.

    BBC: Northern Ireland

  • To this day there's still the perception that workers who need time off to care for a sick parent, or who want a more flexible schedule so they can go to the potluck or the play or the parent-teacher conference, are somehow less committed or less desirable.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

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