It happens to all of us. We get sick. We get run down. We need to take a day (or two!) to rest, feel better or maybe just clear our heads. But sick day policies vary from company to company and state ...

Workers are taking fewer sick days. That's an easy win for employers, right? According to a report released in December by HR tech platform Beamery and Atomik Research, two-thirds of U.S. workers said ...

Sick days have taken on a whole new meaning. As Generation Z employees enter the workforce, paid sick days — allotted by a majority of companies — are being used more than ever. Approximately 30% of ...

Flu season is on its way, meaning it’s almost time to stock up on tissues, medicine, and all the foods that help us feel better. I recently asked the BuzzFeed Community about the “sick meal” they ...

The sick day — at least as the office once knew it — may become a relic thanks to the pandemic and the rise of remote work. But that’s not what the doctor ordered, and it’s something that business ...

Sick days have hit a 15-year high as the average British worker now takes two full working weeks off a year, an average of 9.4 days. That’s a 60 per cent increase on the 5.9 days recorded before the ...

In addition to pressures from the ongoing pandemic, inflation and a surge of layoffs, Americans – especially people of color – are even more reluctant to take time off from work when sick than they ...

Cohen is the author of the new book Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America Connecticut just became the first state in the nation to require employers to ...