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Flu Rate Would Decline If Sick Leave Was Mandatory, Report Says

Mandatory sick leave would lower U.S. flu rates by at least 5 percent, the huffingtonpost.com reports.

Mandatory sick leave would lower U.S. flu rates by at least 5 percent.

Mandatory sick leave would lower U.S. flu rates by at least 5 percent.

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Cindy Capitani

According to the article, about 5 to 20 percent of Americans annually get the flu, and economists at Cornell and the Swiss Economic Institute released a paper indicating people should stay home when sick.

Just 53 percent of workers get paid sick leave, the article indicated.

For more information see huffingtonpost.com. 

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