November 12, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Prevalence of paid sick leave
Over half of full-time employees in medium and
large private establishments are eligible to receive paid sick leave.
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In 1997, 56 percent of employees in medium and large private
establishments were covered by a paid sick-leave benefit. There was
notable variation in coverage by occupation. While 73 percent of
professional and technical employees and of clerical and sales employees
were covered, only 38 percent of blue-collar and service employees were.
There was also variation by occupation in the amount of annual paid sick leave
an employee was eligible for. After 10 years of service, for example,
professional and technical employees were eligible for 23 days on average,
clerical and sales employees for 17, and blue-collar and service employees
for 13.
These data are from the BLS Employee
Benefits Survey. Learn more in Employee
Benefits in Medium and Large Establishments, 1997, BLS Bulletin 2517( PDF
804 K).
Sick leave data presented here are for full-time employees.
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