Paid sick leave good for business, study finds
Researchers found that access to paid sick leave could have benefits for businesses.
Among them: fewer occupational injuries, less spread of contagious disease, fewer employee deaths and fewer people going to work despite being ill.
Paid sick leave was also linked to positive business conditions, including employee morale and job satisfaction, improved retention, higher profitability and performance as well as favorable labor market conditions, the study found.
The United States does not have federal paid sick leave protection.
Findings from the study certainly show the benefit of businesses developing paid sick leave policies, one of the authors of the study pointed out.
Most of the research showed a small but significant increase in worker absences associated with paid sick leave, along with a decrease in going to work while sick, the study found.
It’s been estimated that going to work sick costs U.S. companies billions of dollars each year in lost productivity.
Source: HealthDay
