Maintaining a pristine attendance record is paramount for those in high-powered jobs where $100,000+ salaries are at stake. However, life is unpredictable, and there may come a time when even the most ...

From lost faith in the legal system to way too many dead grandmothers, employers share the strangest and most unbelievable ...

As the number of mandates for returning to the office rises, the search for plausible justifications for absences from work has become more intense — and so has the search for acceptable excuses to ...

We all know that worker who concocts fake excuses to get a day off from the office grind. But a new survey shows that there are a lot of employees who go the extra mile when it comes to getting out of ...

1. I’ve earned it! This is by far our favorite out of all 13 good excuses to miss work for a day. Admittedly, we’ve given you some decent and believable excuses to get a day off, but this one stands ...

If you have an illness that requires rest, you can obtain a medical justification for your absence from work. However, there may be health issues that are not severe enough to warrant a visit to the ...

But for some, there's a downside. At the distributor's warehouse and customer service center in Addison, Ill., there are no excuses for missing work unless time off is scheduled in advance. Any ...