How Many Sick Days Should You Give?
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How Many Sick
Days Should You
Give?
What a Small Business
Owner Must Know
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Your answer has practical, moral
and financial implications.
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Employers have no obligation
to give paid sick days.
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Reminder: Companies with 50 or more employees are
subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) &
must provide up to 12 weeks unpaid leave.
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Is it wise to not give paid sick leave?
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Would you want to work for a company that didn’t offer paid sick days?
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With no sick days, there are health and spillover financial effects.
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The flu season costs businesses about $10.4 billion in direct costs for outpatient visits and hospitalizations.
According to The Centers for Disease Control
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And that doesn’t count the cost of lost productivity and sales.
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Providing sick days keeps sick employees away from healthy employees.
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Employers have listened.
Nearly 80% of full-time employees get paid sick days.
And 25% of part-time employees.
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Several U.S. cities require private companies to offer paid sick leave.
Milwaukee Seattle
San Francisco Washington DC
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And one state: Connecticut
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What is the right number of paid sick days to provide?
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According to the U.S. Department of Labor for employees with at least a year of service.
U.S Department of Labor
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And 11days
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For employees with 25+ years’ with the company.
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What’s right for your small business?
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Consider a few things:• Company size
• Type of job involved
• Tone you set for your company
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