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Days Off for the Flu

Feb 15

This USA Today Snapshot by Ann Carey and Gia Kereselidze summarizes how many days people call in sick with the flu. Costs for sick days? $600 per employee per year, and that’s just salary lost according to CFO Magazine. That price doesn’t include replacement costs or overtime required to take up the slack.

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.

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William Carlos says:

February 15, 2007 at 8:48 pm

The flu season is in full swing. I know it’s running around the schools, so it’ll hit the workplace soon. I wonder if anyone has studied productivity in February vs. May or October.

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