Got a cold? Here’s why you shouldn’t go to work

More and more employers are recording staff coming into work even if they are ill – but this presenteeism leaves people, companies and the economy in bad health
“However much my shoulder burned and stung and ached, the pleasure at being able to lie in total peace was greater.” This is how Karl Ove Knausgaard felt after he broke his collarbone at football practice. The Norwegian writer had spent the past four years taking care of a young family while also trying to work on his f