• 42% of UK workers think the workplace is to blame for the majority of their sicknesses.
• Over half of UK workers (51%) believe they work in an unhealthy environment.
• 95% of people go into work whilst still suffering from a cold.
• Only 20% of workers take active measures to help reduce the risk of catching a cold.
• In the first six weeks of 2007, 9 million people in the UK had taken a day off work due to cold or flu-like symptoms.
• 47% of people still get called at home by the office when they’re off sick.
• 41% of people believe that if a colleague has a cold, it is almost inevitable that they will catch it themselves.

Survey of 1,150 working adults conducted by tickbox.net, Feb 2007

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