Amid all the chatter about toxic work culture and its effects on employees, another woman has succumbed to the stress of work, this time in Thailand. Bangkok Post reported that the 30-year-old factory worker died a day after her request for sick leave was rejected by her manager.

Work pressure claims another life, Thai woman dies after manager denies sick leave

A company is drawing flak on social media for issuing a memo telling employees that they cannot take leave to attend to their sick children. In the post-Covid world where flexible working and work-life balance are raging topics, the memo was bound to face ire from people.

Company threatens to take action against employees taking leave for sick child

A vacation turned into a mortifying ordeal for a woman who took a sick leave to catch the flight but unfortunately bumped into her boss on the same plane. The woman, who has been identified as Grace, is a TikTok user @grachevaaleidya.

Sick leave goes drastically wrong! Woman takes off from work, bumps into boss on plane

A teacher who avoided going to work for over 20 years using sick leaves, holidays and permits to attend other businesses has finally been sacked by her employers.

'Italy's worst employee': Teacher fired finally for skipping work for 20 years

In the latest development in the world of artificial intelligence, researchers are now working on a technology which can detect if a person has a cold or not from the tone of their voice.

Planning a fake sick leave? Beware, AI may detect your lie from your voice

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday reached a deal with the opposition leftist New Democrats on paid sick leave for all Canadian workers during the pandemic, avoiding possible snap elections.

Deal on paid sick leave for all Canadians should avert snap elections

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varathaman's debriefing is now complete, Indian Air Force sources said on Thursday. The news agency ANI quoted the sources as saying Abhinandan will now go on sick leave for a few weeks on the advice of doctors at the army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi.

Wing Commander Abhinandan's debriefing complete, he will now go on sick leave: IAF sources

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