Date:13/12/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/13/stories/2004121301692000.htm

International

Honest workers

SYDNEY, DEC. 12. A study by the recruitment consultant, Robert Walters, suggests that Australian workers are the world's most honest, with only 4.9 per cent lying about the days they take off from work.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, more than 3,200 people in 12 countries were surveyed and it was found that 10 per cent of workers who take sick leave are not really ill. — ANI