Overslept again? Bill Theriault, an ex-engineer who has set up an International Absenteeism Research Council in Scarborough, says absenteeism is the t(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Overslept again? Bill Theriault, an ex-engineer who has set up an International Absenteeism Research Council in Scarborough, says absenteeism is the third biggest problem in the western world, after inflation and unemployment. And a study last year says it costs Canada $21 million a day.