Worryingly foremployers, eight per cent even admitted to phoning in sick because theywere so depressed at the thought of going to work amid the shorter,darker days.

• 让雇主们担忧的是，8%25的受访职员甚至坦言自己谎称生病请了假，因为他们一想到在白天变短、黑夜变长的日子里还要工作就感到郁闷。