Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition

Massachusetts Research

Valuing Good Health in Massachusetts: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days (2012)
Institute for Women's Policy Research

This study reveals that Massachusetts businsesses would save money if the earned sick time law were passed. The study also shows that improved public health will save millions of dollars in reduced ER visits.

Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits (2012)
Institute for Women's Policy Research

If Massachusetts workers without paid sick days were to gain access, about 27,450 emergency department visits would be prevented each year, reducing health care costs by $23.4 million annually, including 13.8 million in savings to public health insurance systems.

Access to Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts by Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Personal Earnings (2011)
By Kevin Miller, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate (Institute for Women’s Policy Research)

This analysis on access to paid sick days for private sector workers, 18 years and older reveals that over half a million workers earning less than $25,000 lack access to a single paid sick day in Massachusetts.

Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts: Containing Health Care Costs through Prevention and Timely Treatment (2009)
By Vicky Lovell, PhD and Kevin Miller, PhD (Institute for Women's Policy Research)

This briefing paper demonstrates that a paid sick days law in Massachusetts would help reduce hospitalizations, the spread of communicable diseases, and health care spending. The paper concludes that Massachusetts can improve health outcomes while containing costs by passing a paid sick leave bill.

Massachusetts Addendum: A Health Impact Assessment of An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days; SB 688, HB 1815 (2009)
By Jonathan Heller, PhD and Won Kim Cook, PhD, MPH (Human Impact Partners)

This report highlights that having access to paid sick days is associated with fewer emergency room visits and less delayed medical care for family members. The spread of influenza could be reduced through the implementation of a paid sick days standard. Furthermore, children of parents without access to paid sick days face worse health outcomes.