42 probed for absenteeism in Sicily

(ANSA) - Palermo, November 27 - Some 42 employees of the Sicilian regional health agency have been placed under investigation for absenteeism while 11 have been placed under house arrest, judicial sources said Tuesday.
    The alleged clock-in cheats went about their own business in office hours, tax police said.
    They worked together "to attest false presence at work", police said.
    Many of the workers went to the hairdressers or shopping after colleagues had clocked in for them, police said.
    Another eleven of those probed have been ordered to sign in regularly with police, while another 20 have been cited.