Oops, So Much for the Right-Wing Arguments Against Paid Sick Leave

The key findings of the study include:

Employee turnover was reduced 3.3%.
Sick employees coming to work sick was reduced 18.8%.
Illness was spread 14.8% less often than before the law.
Productivity increased 14.9%.
Morale, motivation and loyalty increased among employees (according to their employers).
Payroll costs increased by 3% or more for only 10% of employers.
Only 10.6% of employers reported reducing employee hours because of the law.
Only 15.6% of employers reported increasing prices because of the law.
Only 3.4% of employers reported reducing operating hours because of the law.
Only 1.3% of employers reported reduced quality of service because of the law.
Only 1.0% of employers reported reducing wages because of the law.
A strong majority of employers were “very supportive” (39.5%) or “somewhat supportive” (37.0%) of the law a year-and-a-half after it went into effect.
The law covers about 400,000 workers
The law had minimal impact on employers that already offered paid sick days.
Little abuse of the system has been reported by employers.
Paid sick day coverage increased from 88.5% of employers to 93.7% that offer five or more paid sick days annually.
The number of paid sick days offered to all employees rose from an average of 6.9 days to 7.7 days.
About two-thirds of eligible workers used paid sick days, with an average of four days used per year.
Unionized employers were half as likely to report cost increases because of the law (compared to nonunion employers).