Frankfurt, Germany — Rising sick leave rates may be bad news for German companies at a time the economy is already ailing -- but for private eye Marcus Lentz, it has been a boon for his

You will be work and you will be happy, dammit.

Blaming the recession, at least in part, on working people taking sick days is so unaware I can’t even put it into words.

I don’t even think such surveillance of employees by a company is legal, but no company will get punished.