Heading into cold and flu season, many employees may need to use sick time â and workers in some states call in sick more than others.
Thatâs why Zippia, a career research hub, ranked which states call in sick the most, sharing its findings last month. Hereâs how they figured it out:
âThis one was fairly simple. We used the Google search âcall in sickâ, a common search phrase used by those who intend to call in sick but want to make sure they donât step on any toes.
âWhile we canât guarantee all these workers call in sickâŠitâs a search with loads of âcalling in sickâ intentions.â
âFrom there, we looked at a year of search volumeâ giving each workers in each state plenty of time to catch all manners of illnesses (or just get hungover) and need a day off. The higher the search volume, the more workers in that state call in sick.â
Zippia also notes, âplease donât go to work sick.â
So, where does Michigan fall on the list? Michigan comes in at No. 16.
These are the Top 10 states that call in sick the most:
- Oregon
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Arkansas
- New Mexico
- Wisconsin
- Nevada
- Colorado
See the rest of the list here.