Ways to cut time, dollar losses due to infectious diseases attacking your employees Jim Collison, President, Employers of America Influenza and colds account for millions of days and millions of dollars lost from work each year.
Workplaces are breeding grounds for the nasty little bugs that cause colds and flu.
People are confined to an enclosed area, in close proximity, for long periods of time and are sharing common articles used in their work. All employees coming to the worksite bring with them bugs that they've been exposed to outside the worksite. But if that employee comes to work and infects others in the workplace your losses will multiply by the number of persons who eventually become ill. The period of time when colds and flu are most easily transmitted is before a person's symptoms are full-blown. Economically you are probably better off to encourage you employees to stay home for 24 to 48 hours when they first begin to experience cold or flu symptoms.