How do EMPLOYERS benefit from paid sick days? Let me count the ways (8):
1. Workers staying home when ill protects health of colleagues.
2. 'Presenteeism' (people coming to work when they can't actually do the job) costs billions.
3. It's a basic decent employment benefit that...
1. Workers staying home when ill protects health of colleagues.
2. 'Presenteeism' (people coming to work when they can't actually do the job) costs billions.
3. It's a basic decent employment benefit that...
... will help employers retain workers and address their so-called labour 'shortage'.
4. Protecting public health by limiting spread of COVID (& other diseases) results in a stronger economy & higher sales.
5. It allows workers to treat illness faster & get better sooner. ...
4. Protecting public health by limiting spread of COVID (& other diseases) results in a stronger economy & higher sales.
5. It allows workers to treat illness faster & get better sooner. ...
6. It boosts the brand of employers, showing they're a company that respects its workers & the public.
7. Superior productivity of healthy workers reduces unit labour costs.
8. Employers who compel staff to work when ill are demonstrating highly dubious business acumen. ...
7. Superior productivity of healthy workers reduces unit labour costs.
8. Employers who compel staff to work when ill are demonstrating highly dubious business acumen. ...
For these 8 reasons and more, me and 83 other economists and health experts make the case today for 10 days paid sick leave in BC, in this open letter: policynote.ca/experts-call-f…. Others meet this standard; no excuse for #bcpoli not to. @bcfed @ccpa_bc
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