COVID-19 Lost Time from Work Could Cost Employers More Than $50 Billion Per Integrated Benefits Institute Analysis OAKLAND, CA – April 20, 2021 –To help US employers quantify the broader impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, health and productivity research non-profit Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) conducted an analysis to estimate lost work time [...]
Poor Health Costs US Employers $575 Billion and 1.5 Billion Days of Lost Productivity Per Integrated Benefits Institute For every dollar spent on health care benefits, another $0.61 is spent on illness-related absence, disability, and reduced work outputOAKLAND, CA – December 8, 2020 – Illness-related lost productivity costs employers $575 billion last year, according [...]
How Businesses Can Prevent the Spread of Novel Coronavirus: The CDC Releases Guidelines for Employers The novel coronavirus is currently making headlines for its spread throughout China. Although the virus is not currently spreading in the US, there are steps that businesses can take to help control infection in their own workforce. Most often, [...]
