Paid Sick Leave Decreases Flu Spread

Paid Sick Leave Decreases Flu Spread There are lots of arguments for paid sick leave, but this might be one of the most compelling: It could keep you healthy this winter. A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that when a company offers paid sick leave, the number of employees who get the flu “decreases significantly.” According to the Wall Street Journal, “It also suggests that the absence of paid sick leave causes contagious people to go into work and infect their co-workers or customers.” The researchers found that when people don’t have paid sick leave, they’ll show up to work while contagious, making it more likely that they’ll pass along their germs to the people with whom they come into contact. Paid sick leave cuts down on workplace transmission, the researchers said. “These findings validate our model predictions and provide evidence that sick and contagious employees stayed at home to recover instead of going to work, thereby reducing contagious presenteeism and decreasing infection rates,” they said. This has the potential to affect not just a lot of workers, but a lot of consumers. Workers in low-paying jobs are disproportionately likely to be the ones who go without paid sick leave, but they’re also often in service industries like retail or food service, which puts them into contact with a large number of people over the course of a day. Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : No compatible source was found for this media. Session ID: 2019-12-30:d6a268be21945b0aaa65f548 Player Element ID: jumpstart_video_1 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.PlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  Playback Rate1xFullscreenClose Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.