Paid Sick Leave is Good for Business

Presentation description: Paid sick leave provides job protection and wages to employees who are unable to work due to acute illness, injury, or preventive care for themselves or their family members. Recently, vigorous legislative activity for and against paid sick leave has occurred. Although a compelling body of evidence suggests paid sick leave supports personal and public health goals, a notable barrier in opposition to paid sick leave is apprehension about the potential harms to business.We will present findings from a Meta-Analyses of the relationship between paid sick leave and favorable or unfavorable business conditions.Key findings from the study show access to paid sick leave means less occupational injury, spread of contagious disease, presenteeism, and employee death. There was more evidence paid sick leave was related to favorable business conditions such as employee morale and job satisfaction, improved retention, higher profitability and firm performance, and favorable labor market conditions, compared to evidence supporting negative business consequences, such as worker absence. These findings can be used to inform firm-level and public policy decisions about paid sick leave.This study was reported in US News & World Report; correspondingly, this presentation will also review step to disseminating a successful systematic review.Learning objectives: 1. Distinguish favorable verses unfavorable business correlates of paid sick leave 2. Summarize the steps to disseminating a successful systematic review