Potential Economic Benefits of Paid Sick Leave in Reducing Absenteeism Related to the Spread of Influenza-Like Illness

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Asfaw, Abay ; Rosa, Roger ; Pana-Cryan, Regina
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Most U.S. employers are not required to provide paid sick leave (PSL), and there is limited information on the economic return of providing PSL. We estimated potential benefits to employers of PSL in reducing absenteeism related to the spread of influenza-like illness (ILI).
  
  Methods
  
  We used nationally representative data and a negative binomial random effects model to estimate the impact of PSL in reducing overall absence due to illness or injury. We used published data to compute the share of ILI from the total days of absence, ILI transmission rates at workplaces, wages, and other parameters.
  
  Results
  
  Providing PSL could have saved employers $0.63 to $1.88 billion in reduced ILI-related absenteeism costs per year during 2007 to 2014 in 2016 dollars.
  
  Conclusion
  
  These findings might help employers consider PSL as an investment rather than as a cost without any return.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Absenteeism Adult Female Humans Male Models, Economic Presenteeism Respiratory Tract Infections Salaries And Fringe Benefits Sick Leave
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 59(9):822-829
• Pubmed ID:
  28692009
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5649342
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f00b3a1efe5d1eb64a67a16d842c85bc8d719c79b77111dc34d78a7cf86acce9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49245/cdc_49245_DS1.pdf
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