Though it can take aperson some 10 days to fully recover from a cold, approximately 10percent of full-time workers in the U.S. get no sick days. (Photo:Shutterstock)
It's not just a matter of whether they feel well enough to work,or whether they have sick days. The boss's attitude about whether workers shouldtake sick days or not can determine whether they actually do stayhome when they're sick, or instead come to work to spread their germs to all and sundry.
A new study from Farah & Farah finds that even though it can take aperson some 10 days to fully recover from a cold, approximately 10 percentof full-time workers in the U.S. get no sick days at all(part-timers don't usually get them either), while more than 1 in 4have to make do with between 1 and 5 sick days. Just 18 percent getenough sick time to actually recover from that cold—between 11 and15 days.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
