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6:28Now PlayingAmerican employees reveal their biggest guilt and fear surrounding the need to work as much as they can in surprising new study proving sick day nightmares. Jayar Jackson and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.
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Employees are sick with guilt about calling in sick
"Being sick is bad enough, but employees in the U.S. feel so guilty about taking time off from work to recuperate that they often work through illness.
Not all workers in the U.S. are entitled to paid time off from work. In 2022, almost one-quarter of private industry workers did not have paid sick time, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. But even employees with allotted paid "sick days" are loath to use them when under the weather.
Nearly 90% of U.S. workers say they worked through sickness over the past 12 months, according to a survey from Bamboo HR, a provider of human resources software. And despite the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shining a spotlight on worker health, sick-leave policies in the U.S. remain subpar. "
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