March 3, 2025 | In the News

Half of U.S. Workers Don’t Know How Much Sick Leave They Get

With a particularly intense cold and flu season underway, a new survey by Wakefield Research and Theraflu sheds light on a significant problem: 50% of U.S. workers are uninformed about their sick leave entitlements. The custom survey data featured on CNBC emphasizes that Americans’ lack of awareness, compounded by the absence of federal paid sick leave, is leaving workers reliant on a complex and often insufficient network of state and local regulations. The U.S. remains an outlier among developed countries in this regard.