Taking off work is no problem for me, IAG. The only one who loses out if I don't work, is me.
I only accept jobs that are basically casual labour. ie; concert setups and other types of things that only take a few days, here and there, at a time. Usually I only find out the day before when I am working but because this was on a Monday, I got my call for work on the Saturday before. If I had known I was going to be sick, I would not have accepted to work yesterday.