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Sick days from work fall to lowest level on record, new figures show
TUC warns poverty-level statutory sick pay could be forcing workers to work when they are ill
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SICKNESS absence from the workplace has fallen to its lowest level on record, new figures revealed today.
The coronavirus crisis has helped cut absence rates as people have worked from home or forced to shield, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It said that the rate fell to 1.8 per cent last year, the lowest level since current records began in 1995.
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