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Lie-detector technology

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THE days may be numbered for those employees who decide that pretending to be sick is better than a day at work. Lie-detector technology is such that the ability to test an employee may be readily available to companies in the near future.

Of course, the mere idea of work makes some people genuinely ill.

Perhaps, as a gesture of goodwill, the technology should also be available to employees. They could be restricted to such simple questions as: “Is that all you can afford to give me for a pay rise?”