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A new list has put Michigan towards the very bottom of hardest working states in America.

10 companies from Michigan made the list put together by Inc. Magazine.

More than 80 West Michigan employers will be represented at the job fair Tuesday. Job seekers should be prepared for on-site interviews and the possibility of immediate job offers.

In a recent study on how hard each state works, Michigan came in last. What!?

The result was crappy... but for the woman in question.

Because sometimes sleeping in a bed can be overrated.

See what makes them so cool.

The economy of Grand Rapids, and its metro areas, keeps getting better! A study done by Headlight Data, a website that collects data on economics and the workforce, found that Grand Rapids had the highest rate of job growth in 2016 compared to any other state in the country...

Warning: contagious laughter. These guys were hard at work clearing out a sewer drain when ... well. I think it's pretty obvious the blockage is cleared.

This story will just melt your heart. James Robertson, 56, of Detroit leaves his home at 8 a.m. every morning to start the trek to his job in Rochester Hills, which is 23 miles away. He takes a bus part way there and part way home, but the rest of the way he walks an astounding 21 miles five days a week -- Monday through Friday, The Detroit Free Press reported.

Today, the Monday after the Super Bowl, is the day with the most reported absenteeism from work. That's right. It's like senior skip day for adults. But you better come up with a creative excuse, because if you use one of these from Career Builder, you won't have to worry about getting up for work anymore because you won't have a J-O-B!

Every once in a while, we all just need that extra day off and break out our best fake cough in order to call in sick.  While it’s important to make your excuse sound believable in order to not get caught, some people apparently didn’t get the memo.