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Article: Absences at work highest since '99.
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- Press-Enterprise
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- December 20, 2006
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Byline: Vanessa Franko
Dec. 20--The end of the year is filled with holiday parties, friends, family and in some Inland area workplaces -- empty desks.
Unscheduled absences are on the rise nationally, especially as the decorations go up around the office, according to experts.
"You do tend to see a higher increase in absenteeism around the holidays," said Jennifer Sullivan, a spokeswoman for CareerBuilder.com, which conducts an annual survey of employee absenteeism.
The rate of unscheduled absences in the workplace rose in 2006, reaching 2.5 percent, the highest point since 1999, according to a recent study by CCH, an Illinois-based ...