Study: Paid Sick Days Help Decrease Flu Transmission

According to new research, giving employees paid sick days would reduce flu infections in the workplace. This is in line with the CDC's recommendation that people with the flu stay home for 24 hours after their fevers break, a recommendation that is often ignored by employees who aren't paid for sick days.

The researchers also found that instituting "flu days," or paid days employees could use to recover from the flu, significantly reduced workplace flu transmission. One flu day resulted in a 25 percent decrease in flu infections and a two-day policy resulted in a nearly 40 percent decrease.

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