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Sir Michael's comments follow claims made last year in an online forum that some disruptive pupils were paid to truant during inspections while weak teachers were encouraged to take sick leave.
BBC: Ofsted warns schools not to fake it during inspections
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HIV-infected workers who get no treatment typically take 55 days of sick leave in their final two years at work, says Sanlam in a newly finished survey of South African firms.
ECONOMIST: Business and AIDS in Africa
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He said that meant people no longer necessarily worked a strict five-day, Monday to Friday week, and they no longer saved all their socialising for the weekend - affecting the days people might take off as "sick leave".
BBC: Long weekend 'sickies' uncommon