Uhhh, they are faking it just as the prison guards have done for decades.
Research by this paper showed the majority of times employees were not available for work was during major sports game broadcasts, weekends, other special times. Nothing to due with being sick, never was.

Unions refuse to allow the state to require those taking more than usual sick leave to provide documentation. Federal government does, no problem like the state has.

Time to admit what we all know. State is infested with wasteful, greedy, incompetent government unions.