Key Points
A teacher in Italy was sacked after she managed to skip work for over 20 years using sick leaves, holidays and permits..
Described as Italy's worst-ever employee, Cinzia Paolina De Lio, however, managed to collect pay cheques while remaining absent at work...
She was meant to be teaching literature and philosophy at a secondary school near Venice but rarely showed up, according to a report in The Times..
Cinzia Paolina De Lio showed up to teach at a school in Italy for only four out of the past 24 years...
For the first 10 years, she was completely absent, and her absences in the other 14 years were attributed to sickness, personal or family reasons...
