It's kinda an all or nothing situation. If the habit is to usually provide detail and then one day someone doesn't - people will assume the worst. Thus, it's

It's kinda an all or nothing situation. If the habit is to usually provide detail and then one day someone doesn't - people will assume the worst. Thus, it's better to encourage less info than more. Which is a bit counter-intuitive because, ideally, people genuinely feel bad about missing work and want to provide some justification.