Sick Days Are Skyrocketing–but Here’s What No One Is Talking About Gen-Z leads the workplace in sick days. Some people attribute this to good boundaries, but it may be not so wholesome.

Approximately 30% of employees took sick leave in the first 10 months of 2023 – up 42% from 2019, according to the HR platform Gusto, which is used by more than 300,000 U.S. businesses.

According to de Pablo, who played former Mossad agent Ziva on the long-running CBS series for 194 episodes, she once took a day off work on doctors' orders when she had a high temperature.

A culture of secrecy around mental health at work can lead workers to exaggerate physical symptoms to justify taking time off ...

The kids are calling in sick to work. Not actual kids, who (hopefully) are not working, but Gen Zers. They're racking up sick days and taking more mental-health days. In the spring of their ...

Mounting job insecurity is bringing an unexpected weight to the sick day. In a post-pandemic world, sick days are used more than ever. However, as job insecurities loom, this new work environment ...

Last year, the day after Super Bowl Sunday (dubbed “Super Bowl Monday”) saw nearly two-thirds more sick-day requests than the average day in 2024, and 51% more requests than the average day in ...

C onnecticut just became the first state in the nation to require employers to provide workers with paid sick days. The new law — which also allows paid leave for a sick child or spouse — is ...

Like, with rare exception, taking a sick day as an adult should be pretty embarrassing for you. Calling your boss and saying sorry, I can't come in today, my tummy hurts, is humiliating.