At some point in our working history, most of us have called in sick even though we weren’t physically ill. In a global absence survey it was found that workers in China (71%), India (62%) and Australia (58%) admitted to calling in sick even when they weren’t. In Hong Kong, 70 days a yearwere found to be lost due to absenteeism (not attending work) and presenteeism (attending work but in an unfocused and disengaged way that limits productivity). In Singapore, presenteeism cos