Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Office of the Director, Economics Research and Support Office, Washington, District of Columbia (Drs Asfaw, Pana-Cryan), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Office of the Director, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Rosa).
J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Sep;59(9):822-829. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001076.
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).
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.
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.
These findings might help employers consider PSL as an investment rather than as a cost without any return.
大多数美国雇主不需要提供带薪病假（PSL），关于提供 PSL 的经济回报的信息有限。我们评估了 PSL 在减少流感样疾病（ILI）传播相关缺勤方面给雇主带来的潜在好处。
我们使用全国代表性数据和负二项式随机效应模型来估计 PSL 在减少因疾病或伤害导致的整体缺勤方面的影响。我们使用已发表的数据来计算 ILI 在总缺勤天数中的占比、工作场所的 ILI 传播率、工资和其他参数。
在 2016 年的美元计算中，2007 年至 2014 年期间，提供 PSL 每年可节省雇主 6300 万美元至 1.88 亿美元与 ILI 相关的缺勤成本。
这些发现可能有助于雇主将 PSL 视为一种投资，而不是没有任何回报的成本。
