News flash: Those without paid sick leave are less likely to call in sick, and they're less likely to go to the doctor for treatment.
It's a rather intuitive conclusion, but the specifics of a study examining 18,000 U.S. employees in 2013 are illuminating nonetheless.
"Those without paid sick leave were 3.0 times more likely to forgo medical care for themselves and 1.6 times more likely to forgo medical care for their family compared to working adults with paid sick leave benefits," wrote the authors of the study, published in the March edition of Health Affairs.
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