More than half of UK workers believe they have caught a bug from a poorly colleague, a study found. <br /><br />Research revealed the true extent to which staff who arrive at work coughing and spluttering pass on their gems and diseases to those who sit nearby.<br /><br />According to the study the average 'martyr' will struggle into work while ill five days a year, putting their co-workers at risk.<br /><br />Remarkably, one in two workers believe they have passed on an illness after battling into the office when they should have been recovering at home.
