How Many Sick

Days Should You

Give?

What a Small Business

Owner Must Know

Your answer has practical, moral

and financial implications.

Employers have no obligation

to give paid sick days.

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.

Is it wise to not give paid sick leave?

Would you want to work for a company that didn’t offer paid sick days?

With no sick days, there are health and spillover financial effects.

The flu season costs businesses about $10.4 billion in direct costs for outpatient visits and hospitalizations.

According to The Centers for Disease Control

And that doesn’t count the cost of lost productivity and sales.

Providing sick days keeps sick employees away from healthy employees.

Employers have listened.

Nearly 80% of full-time employees get paid sick days.

And 25% of part-time employees.

Several U.S. cities require private companies to offer paid sick leave.

Milwaukee Seattle

San Francisco Washington DC

And one state: Connecticut

What is the right number of paid sick days to provide?

According to the U.S. Department of Labor for employees with at least a year of service.

U.S Department of Labor

And 11days

For employees with 25+ years’ with the company.

What’s right for your small business?

Consider a few things:• Company size

• Type of job involved

• Tone you set for your company

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