Paid sick leave linked to a longer life in recent study
By
Mallika Marshall, MD
/ CBS Boston
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BOSTON -- A new study finds getting paid sick leave could also be linked to a longer life.
Researchers at Syracuse University found that laws requiring employers to provide paid sick leave help to reduce death from suicide and homicide among working-age men and homicide and alcohol-related deaths among women.
The U.S. is one of only a few developed countries with no national paid sick leave policy.
Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.
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