Lionel Messi will miss their ties with Ecuador and Paraguay but Javier Mascherano is adamant Argentina have no reason to expect anything less than two 2018 World Cup qualifiers wins. Messi is ...

Some 4.3 million people confess to pulling the wool over their employer’s eyes for a day off work, according to a study by reed.co.uk. From spluttering down the phone with a faux cold to locking ...

Today (1 February) has been dubbed national sickie day, with 350,000 employees expected to take sickness absence, but phoning in sick could be a thing of the past as a quarter of employers now accept ...

We have all pulled a sickie to get out of work for one reason or another, but what are the top ten excuses for absence? What were the worst excuses for absence in 2017? The ELAS Group specialises in ...

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him. 2. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot. 3 ...

We all know ‘tis the season to be jolly’ but what if your annual festivities get slightly out of hand and you’re expected at work the next day? Well for some the answer is simple - invent a wild ...