According to new research, workers in Britain are taking fewer days off sick, with a record 45 per cent having no days off ill at all last year.

A study by the Engineering Employers Federation and Westfield Health revealed a steady fall in sickness absence over the past three years, with the average employee taking five days off in 2010 compared with 6.7 days in 2007.

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