{"id":310162,"date":"2020-02-11T05:42:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T13:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&p=310162"},"modified":"2024-05-10T05:54:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T12:54:09","slug":"employee-sick-days-study","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/employee-sick-days-study","title":{"rendered":"Coming In Sick Versus Calling Out Sick: How Different Cities Rate"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1001,369792],"tags":[160522,182012,424092,424102,320192],"department":[488812],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-310162","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial","category-location-intelligence","tag-health","tag-hr","tag-human-resources","tag-staffing","tag-workforce","department-emerging-technologies"],"acf":{"short_description":"A new survey shows that employee attitudes toward sick days can be mapped, identifying cities where office workers show up under the weather. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"American workers are notoriously bad at taking sick days when they need one\u2014a fact that's been shown to actually decrease productivity<\/a> across the board. A new study<\/a> reveals that the likelihood of a worker coming in while unwell can actually be tracked geographically, creating data that helps companies build location-based strategies to keep employees healthier. With coronavirus taking its toll worldwide, such insight on health habits has taken on new significance."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Article snapshot:<\/strong> In different cities, employees are more or less likely to show up to work sick. Employers can glean valuable information from location-based studies of these and other work habits.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Last October, Global staffing firm Accountemps surveyed 2,800 office workers in 28 US cities and discovered that 90 percent admit to at least sometimes clocking in while afflicted with cold or flu symptoms.\r\n\r\nThose numbers spiked in certain cities<\/a>. In Austin, Chicago, and Cincinnati, 93 percent of employees reported showing up while under the weather. Respondents in Charlotte and Miami topped the chart, with 96 percent reporting for duty while in poor health.\r\n\r\nIn cities like New York, an overwhelming workload was cited as the primary reason for still coming in, while in places like Phoenix, pressure from the boss was a factor. Those differences in motivation could be useful to managers in understanding how to respond.\r\n\r\nHR executives are already using location intelligence<\/a> to aid decision-making and spot or forecast patterns in employee habits. Location-based data on productivity and wellness can give HR departments an edge in assessing where and how to publicize sick leave policies, share educational materials, or allocate resources like temp workers.\r\n\r\nIt's a variable that in the past might have been overlooked or noted only anecdotally. With the analytic power of a geographic information system (GIS), productivity and wellness data<\/a> can be measured, mapped, and analyzed to furnish insights for running a smarter business.\r\n