It’s hangover Monday! Up to TWO MILLION England fans could call in sick TODAY – after hundreds of thousands flock to bars and see Three Lions lose to Spain in Euros final [Video]

By Richard Marsden and Stian Alexander and Alistair Grant 18:00 EDT 14 Jul 2024, updated 18:22 EDT 14 Jul 2024

After a night of high drama on the football pitch, Hangover Monday could see as many as two million people call in sick today.

Millions more bleary-eyed fans were expected to work from home, while some schools told children they could come in late after staying up for the final whistle.

One employer, supermarket chain Lidl, decided to give its 30,000 staff a lie-in and opened stores an hour late this morning.

The scale of workplace absence was calculated in a study using official data from the Office for National Statistics from the last 10 years.

Online personal injury claims firm claims.co.uk calculated that an average of 425,000 Brits call in sick every day, but that sickness rocketed after ‘big events’ such as football tournaments, Christmas parties, and bank holidays.