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From not being able to find parking to pet goats gone wild, here are 10 hilarious excuses people have really used to get out of going to work.
"Calling in sick" was the most-searched term in 2022 of the 10 most popular searches over the past five years, followed by "excuse to miss work."
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When workers miss work, (especially in jobs in which one's workload would require to be substituted for the day, such as teachers, cashiers, servers, etc.), it is generally expected by employers that workers call in advance to inform of their absence so that their position can be substituted by other workers.
The existing proposals vary, but the good ones are based on the same principle: For every hour you work, your boss chips in to a fund that pays out when you get sick, pregnant, old or fired. The fund follows you from job to job, and companies have to contribute to it whether you work there a day, a month or a year.
If a patient's disease allows them to miss work, avoid military duty, obtain financial compensation, obtain drugs, avoid a jail sentence, etc., these would be examples of a secondary gain. For instance, an individual having household chores completed by someone else because they have stomach cramps would be a secondary gain.
Yet hope has been hard to come by lately, and there are a few reasons why. As the pandemic moves into our rearview, the rapid adoption of new technology and AI is keeping uncertainty at the forefront.
Sick leave (or paid sick days or sick pay) is paid time off from work that workers can use to stay home to address their health needs without losing pay. It differs from paid vacation time or time off work to deal with personal matters, because sick leave is intended for health-related purposes.