From "The Hooky Book: More than 200 Excuses for Rolling in Late, Skipping Out Early and Scamming a Whole Day Off" (Apiary Inc.) by Kerry Speckman Before you even think about skipping work, look at the ...

Forget happy hour. Try playing hooky. "We need it! Reparations for our pain and suffering," my friend, Lauren Grove, texted me. It was right after a February blizzard had dumped more than 12 inches of ...

I’ve played hooky exactly twice in my life. The first time was in college, in the late 1990s, when a guy I knew convinced me I should ditch my American Literature seminar for a day of skiing. I ...

A new O.C. Tanner poll found that one-third of respondents admitted calling in sick when they weren't ill to get out of work. And of those who faked an out-sick call, January was the most popular ...

Employees are struggling with burnout, but taking time off isn’t always that easy. For its latest report on out-of-office (OOO) culture, the Harris Poll surveyed 1,170 American employees over the age ...