CSR Asia, 13 May 2009, Stephen Frost
"Other findings in the Robert Half survey point to some disturbing trends in the workplace more generally.
The first is that employees here are turning up for work despite being sick. According to the survey, 61 per cent of Singaporean respondents still go to work when they are sick because they are scared of falling behind on their work; the highest rates of 6,000 polled across 20 countries including the United States and Japan.
52 per cent of Singaporeans fear that too many sick days could go against them, while 50 per cent did not want to be perceived by superiors and peers as not working, the highest rates among those surveyed."
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