From Safety and Health Magazine, 9 March 2016
Every week in the United States, as many as 3 million employees (about 2 percent of the workforce) work while they’re sick, according to research from Cornell University. Researchers examined data from the 2011 Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
About half of the cases of employees going to work while ill were due to a lack of paid leave, according to the study.
Women, employees who earn low wages, and workers 25 to 34 were most likely to work despite being sick.
Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, said in a press release, noting that employees who work while ill risk spreading diseases to others.
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