This paper provides an analytical framework and uses data from the US and Germany to test
for the existence of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sick leave …

Job insecurity is related to many detrimental outcomes, with reduced job satisfaction and
affective organizational commitment being the 2 most prominent reactions. Yet, effect sizes …

This article evaluates an expansion of employer‐mandated sick leave from 80% to 100% of
forgone gross wages in Germany. We employ and compare parametric difference‐in …

This paper evaluates how sick pay mandates operate at the job level in the United States.
Using the National Compensation Survey and difference-in-differences models, we estimate …

Objective To profile the sick leave landscape in the United States. Data Sources The 2011
Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey. Study Design Bivariate and …

This paper exploits temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of nine city-and four
state-level US sick pay mandates to assess their labor market consequences. We use the …

Objectives. We examined employers' responses to San Francisco, California's 2007 Paid
Sick Leave Ordinance. Methods. We used the 2009 Bay Area Employer Health Benefits …

Wage theft, or nonpayment of wages to which workers are legally entitled, is a major
contributor to low income, which in turn has adverse health effects. We describe a …

Executive Summary The United States has seen dramatic growth in recent decades in the
participation of mothers in the labor force, particularly in full-time employment. Increasing …

This article reviews the current debate about sick pay mandates and medical leave in the
United States. The United States is one of three industrialized countries that do not …