The sunny days of late summer showed a more significant drop in attendance at work, versus the frosty winter months typically associated with colds and the flu, say researchers- duh.
August 24 is tracked to be the nation’s ‘sickest day of the year’, according to new research, with five years’ worth of data, looking for the most common dates that workers call in sick.
If you haven’t used a sick day yet this year, you just might in a few weeks- if you’re like a good deal of American workers, anyway.
The second sickest day of the year, February 13, comes during the traditional winter respiratory illness season.
But it’s also suspiciously aligned with the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day, and we will leave you to draw your own conclusions on the root cause.
The third through fifth sickest days of the year is historically October 25, December 13 and April 18.
Slightly more than a quarter (26%) of Americans didn’t take a sick day in 2022 but on the flip side, about 5% (approximately 10 million Americans) took more than 20 days off due to illness in 2022.
Stomach bugs (54%), COVID (25%), and anxiety (9%) were the three most common reasons given for calling in sick.
The majority (54%) of employees calling in sick use text, Whatsapp, or Slack to inform their boss.
A third (33%) make a call, while 12% email, and 2% don’t tell their boss at all.
