http://www.contractoruk.com/news/002389.html
"Tax collectors take more days off work than any other civil servants, official data has revealed. Revenue and Customs staff took an average 12 days each off work during 2004, making them by far the worst across Whitehall for claiming sick days. They contribute to a total loss of about five million working days through ill civil servants, costing the taxpayer £400million, according to Cabinet Office figures.
Each taxman deciding illness warrants time off work costs around �657, though this figure has declined since even higher levels of absenteeism rocked the Inland Revenue in 2003.
Nearly as fond of time off work are civil servants at the Prison Service, followed by their colleagues at the Department for Education and Skills, according to epolitix.
Staff who are dissatisfied with their jobs are more likely to become ill, according to research into 250,000 people funded by the UK Health & Safety Executive.
It found those with low job satisfaction were most likely to suffer from less self-esteem, emotional burn-out and depression."
