call in sick

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call in sick

to call one's place of work to say that one is ill and cannot come to work. (See also report in sick.) Four of our office staff called in sick today. I have to call in sick today.

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Summary: More than 45,000 NHS workers call in sick each day - around one and a half times the absence rate seen in the private sector More than 45,000 NHS workers call in sick each day - around one and a half times the absence rate seen in the private sector. NHS sick list hitting patients by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) com's annual survey of absenteeism: 43 Percentage of workers who chose Wednesday as the most popular day to call in sick (getting over the midweek hump by fabricating an excuse): 27 Monday: 26 Friday: 14 Percentage of hiring managers who said they are more suspicious of employees calling in sick on a Monday or Friday: 63 Compiled by John MacIntyre Figuratively speaking by MacIntyre, John / Northern Ontario Business The report said workers in Liverpool were more likely to call in sick when nothing is wrong with them than any other city in the country. City capital of the sickie days by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			calculate calculate into calculate on call call a halt call a halt to call a meeting call a meeting to order and call the meeting to order call a spade a spade call about Call again call around call at some place call attention to call away call back call bluff call by a name call down call for call forth call forward call hogs call in call in chips call in sick call into call into question call it a day call it a night call it quits Call my service call names Call no man happy till he dies call of nature call off call off the dogs call on call on the carpet call out call over call roll call square call the dogs off call the shots call the tune call to call to account call to attention call to mind call together			Call fwd Call Gapping Interval call generator call girl call girl Call girls Call Graph Drawing Interface Call Guard Call Handler Infrastructure Call Handling Agent Call History Information Processing System call hogs Call Hold Call Holding Time Call Home call house call in call in call in call in call in call in call in chips call in question call in question call in question call in question call in question Call in show Call in show call in sick Call In Time Call Independent Supplementary Service Call Indicator Call Indicator Call Information Block Call Information Logging Equipment Call Initiate Answer Call Initiate Request Call Inquiry Command Call Inquiry Response Call Instance Code Call Intercept call into call into action call into being call into existence call into play call into play call into play call into play call into play call into question call into question call into question call into question call into question call into question Call Irregularity Message call it a day call it a day

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