The Daily Stat: When You Call in Sick, Beware the Suspicious Boss

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile OCTOBER 16, 2012 When You Call in Sick, Beware the Suspicious Boss 17% of employers say they've fired workers who gave fake excuses for staying home, according to a Harris Interactive survey for CareerBuilder. 29% of managers have checked up on an employee to verify that an illness is legitimate, usually by requiring a doctor's note. 18% have asked coworkers to call a suspected faker on the phone, and 14% have driven by an employee's home. Source: Employers Share Most Unusual Excuses Employees Gave for Calling In Sick, CareerBuilder's Annual Survey Finds Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT Working Capital Simulation: Managing Growth Online Tools Often managers, especially entrepreneurs, focus excessively on the income statement and, in the process, ignore the balance sheet and statement of cash flows. Acting as the CEO of a small company called Sunflower Nutraceuticals, this single-player simulation lets you practice investing in growth and cash-flow improvement opportunities in three phases over 10 simulated years. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's Must Reads Library Set Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Better Business Writing Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Getting a Bonus Increases Your Chance of Dying That Week It Helps to Boo the Opposing Pitcher Despite Myth, Many Retail Items Are No Cheaper on Black Friday College Admissions Officers Do Look at Facebook The Unemployed Exercise More But Get Less Exercise Men with Shaved Heads Are Perceived as Bigger and Stronger Climate Change Will Make Fish Littler To Boost Workers' Productivity, Tell Them How They Rank Among Blacks, Parental Layoffs Are More Likely to Keep Kids Out of College The Effect of College Drinking Is Like Having a Lousy Teacher Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2012 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)