Chile Catches Thousands of Workers Holidaying at State's Expense
By cross-referencing travel records and medical leave certificates, Dorothy Perez discovered that more than 25,000 state employees had gone abroad in the past two years, while supposedly in their sick beds. Some took leave in order to work on their own businesses, others to travel around Europe, while others completed studies abroad.
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