Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent survey found that workers take an average of 9.4 sick days a year. (Getty Images) (Olga Rolenko via Getty Images) The ...

Hundreds of GPs have told the BBC they have never refused to sign a patient off work for mental health issues. BBC News sent a questionnaire to more than 5,000 GPs in England asking if they had ever ...

There will be times when people wake up feeling under the weather and have to let work know they will not be making it in. This is often a decision that needs to be taken in many cases but there are ...

Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on welfare reform at the Centre for Social Justice on April 19, 2024 in London. Syed was ...

Almost every doctor has encountered this situation: A patient requests a sick note, even though, from a medical perspective, there are doubts about their inability to work. The demand for certificates ...