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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 26-33Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2601.190743
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institutes of Health [UL1 TR001857]
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We assessed determinants of work attendance during the first 3 days after onset of acute respiratory illness (ARI) among workers 19-64 years of age who had medically attended ARI or influenza during the 2017-2018 influenza season. The total number of days worked included days worked at the usual workplace and days teleworked. Access to paid leave was associated with fewer days worked overall and at the usual workplace during illness. Participants who indicated that employees were discouraged from coming to work with influenza-like symptoms were less likely to attend their usual workplace. Compared with workers without a telework option, those with telework access worked more days during illness overall, but there was no difference in days worked at the usual workplace. Both paid leave benefits and business practices that actively encourage employees to stay home while sick are necessary to reduce the transmission of ARI and influenza in workplaces.
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