Are your workers missing from stores following Australia Day?
New research shows that 35% of Australian workers will take the day off for a four-day holiday.
The research, commissioned by HotelsCombined, reveals the majority (29%) will take it as an annual leave day, with 6% chucking a sickie.
These numbers are slightly higher than in 2016, where the dates fell on the opposite end of the week.
Last year, Australia Day fell on a Tuesday, leaving Monday as a working day.
When the survey asked respondents if they took Monday the 25th as a sick day or annual leave day, 30% admitted they took the Monday off.
Of the 30%, 25% took it as annual leave and 5% took sick leave.
This year, workers in their 30s are the age group most likely to take the Friday after Australia Day as annual leave (35% of respondents in their 30s).
Those in their 20s are most likely take it as a sickie (11% of 20-something respondents).
Between the states, Victorians and ACT residents are most likely to take the Friday as an annual leave (35% of respondents in each state).
Queenslanders and Tasmanians are most likely to take a sickie (8% of respondents in each state).