Sick Day Policy

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Three-quarters of adults support a policy giving employees a minimum number of paid sick days. Over the years people have been swayed both ways about why sick days are/are not necessary for those who work. Implementing a national sick day policy would allow all full-time employees in the United States to be paid their ordinary daily wage for up to fourteen days per year for days missed due to illness or injury. This could become very helpful to many Americans who are working hard to pay their bills and to take care of their families, but are struggling to juggle work and family obligations. I believe passing this bill would make countless people more satisfied in the long run. Many employees decide not to skip work for reasons that should not be stressed over. These deciding factors usually include the fear of getting behind and the thought of not earning money. Employees feel that if they are not caught up on their work they may be lagging behind their coworkers and it will make them look bad. For example, if …show more content…

The most obvious problem a sick employee risks is spreading their illness. Suppose a sick employee shows up to work and spreads their illness to many of their coworkers. This now means that multiple people in the business are in the dilemma of whether to miss work and get behind or show up and spread their sickness. Not only will this affect the coworkers, but it will also put customers and the rest of the public at risk. Statistics have shown that when people are sick, they aren’t near as focussed as their usual self. This leads to the outcome of an unproductive day from a drained employee. A third factor that plays a role on those who come to work sick is a longer recovery time. If you do not allow your body time to heal from an illness, it will take much longer, thus implying there will be many unproductive days ahead for the ill

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