59% of employees skip work or show up late the day after a major sporting event

59% of employees skip work or show up late the day after a major sporting event59% of employees skip work or show up late the day after a major sporting eventWith the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots all set to face off duringSuper Bowl 2018, some fans probably wont be making it to work the next morning. As a result, a staggering 72% of HR managers reportedlythink the day following the Super Bowl should be a paid national holiday from work.Research released this week from staffing firm OfficeTeam shows that 59% of workers say they have either not made it to work or been late on the morning after a major sporting event - 32% werent on time and 27% phoned in to say they werent feeling well or used another reason for not coming in.Workers also reported spending an average of 27 minutes each workday on sports-related activities leading up to a big game.OfficeTeam reportedly had independent research firms survey 1,011 employees ages 18 and up, and 306 HR managers employed in the U.S. Here are some of the findings that stood out.Heres how employees fare the next morningAlong gender lines, 36% of male and 16% of female employeesreported phoning work about an illness or made an excuse for not showing up the morning after a big sporting event, while 42% of male employees and 20% of females were late.Younger employees were most likely to miss a day of work - 40% age 18-34, 23% age 35-54, 7% age 55 and up - while 44% of those age 18-34, 28% age 35-54 and 11% age 55 and up failed to make it in on time.How to manage the Monday after the Super BowlWhile many employees would agree with HR managers that Super Bowl Monday should be a paid, national holiday, for now, were still expected to show up and do our jobs. Heres how to help deal with the day afterWork ahead the week beforeYou never know what professional fires you might have to put out at work on the Monday after the Super Bowl, so do anything you can ahead of time. Working a little harder in the weeks leading up to the game will put you ahead of the game and make the day a little easier.Get ready for work over the weekendIf youre planning on dragging yourself to work the morning after a long evening at a sports bar or party, get the mundane stuff out of the way.Finishing up your meal prep andpacking your lunch on the day before the game will leave less on your plate for later, so go for it. Also,pick out what youll be wearing on Monday so you dont have to waste any time at the end of the night preparing to head back to the office the next morning.Ask for time off well in advanceIf you know youre not going to make it into work on Monday, you might as well just schedule the day off ahead of time.All professionals need opportunities to relax and recharge, Brandi Britton, a district president for OfficeTeam, says. To keep projects on track during popular events, employers should ask staff to make time-off requests early.