SICK EMPLOYEES
May 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEEMPLOYEES who go to work when they are sick cost employers far more than absenteeism or disability leave according to a recent study published in the USA's Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Researchers used estimates from a database of approximately 375,000 employees, which included information on insurance claims for medical care and short-term disability over three years and combined it with productivity surveys for 10 health conditions that most commonly affect workers.Researchers at the Cornell University Institute for Health ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.