Ireland: Facebook, the secret weapon against absenteeism

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Facebook is about to become a true weapon to fight against absenteeism: a recent study shows that 83% of employers regularly visit social network sites, such as Facebook, to check the veracity of their employees' explanations for being away on a sick leave. (Ref. 080731)
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According to a study carried out by the Peninsula
cabinet council, 83% of employers visited the virtual profiles of their absent
employees on Facebook to make sure they were actually sick.

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