Are you one of the 180,000 Australians planning to chuck a sickie on Monday?
Australia Day falls on a Tuesday this year and bosses are already bracing themselves for an influx of people calling in sick on Monday to score themselves a four-day weekend.
It's summer. It will also be the start of finals week at the Australian Open. 
And let's admit, any worker who has begrudgingly returned to work after the Christmas holiday period would relish the opportunity for a long weekend.
Victorian tradies have seen the sense in this, with Monday being declared an official rostered day off in the construction industry.
Under what's known as a "lockdown weekend", unionised work sites will be closed from from Friday night until Wednesday morning right across the state.
Trade unions consider rostered days off (RDOs) to be one of the most important and hard-won employment conditions.
Victorian members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union receive 26 RDOs a year.
But, as the four-day lockdown weekend approaches, industry employers say the existing rostering system is too inflexible and want to change it. 
Radley de Silva, of the Master Builders Association of Victoria says having choice around the timing of rostered days off can "lower costs and raise productivity". 
More than 15 per cent of Sydneysiders and 16 per cent Melburnians are expected to chuck a sickie on Monday, according to a survey by app provider Clipp.
The survey of more than 2000 Australians found that an average of 16 per cent of Aussies have called in sick on the day before or after Australia Day, at least once.
Seven per cent of survey respondents admitted to chucking a sickie around Australia Day more than "a few times".
Australian employees are taking an average 8.6 sick days a year and the average cost of a worker's absence is now topping $347 per day.
"The number of sickies taken on Monday could be as high as 180,000," said Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Kate Carnell.
It could cost employers about $62 million nationwide, she said.
Employers are urging workers to "do the right thing" by using annual leave or another leave entitlement if they are seeking to take a day off.
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist Steven Wojtkiw said unplanned staff absences came at a heavy cost for businesses.
"The bottom line is that unplanned leave does cost employers in terms of loss of productivity and wages that need to be paid," he said.

 Ms Carnell added: "Reasonable employers will not begrudge their staff having a well-earned break, but it needs to be done the right way."
It seems many are doing just that, with travel site Wotif.com saying bookings over the   January 22 to 26 period are booming.
Surfers Paradise is the number one beachside pick for the Australia Day holiday, while Melbourne is the top city destination for a four-day break. Warrnambool is the top coastal destination for Victorians taking a long weekend, based on Wotif.com bookings.
But come Monday there will be those who rely on poor excuses.
Here are some of the more creative reasons we have come across: 
     A can of baked beans landed on my big toe   I was swimming too fast and smacked my head on the poolside   I've been bitten by an insect   Text from a limousine saying the employee was being ferried off into the sunset to be proposed to, doubted they would make it back in time to work the next day   My car handbrake broke and it rolled down the hill into a lamppost   My dog has had a big fright and I don't want to leave him   My hamster died   I've injured myself during sex   I've had a sleepless night   I burnt my hand on the toaster   My toe is trapped in the bath tap   My trousers split on the way to work   I've had a hair dye disaster   I've got a sore finger    
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