Employees back pain costs an average of 440 dollars (not counting lost productivity) – 2017
Integrated Benefits Institute
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2013 IBI report had a cost breakdown which included Presenteeism
Based on $514/employee average
| Sick days: | $131 |
| Presenteeism: | $83 |
| Short-term disability | $71 |
| Long-term disability | $42 |
| Workers’ compensation | $19 |
"Employees with back pain are absent four more days per year than those without this ailment
- and have the equivalent of 4.4 more days of presenteeism annually. "
The cost of less work time and presenteeism makes up more than two-thirds of the total cost of low-back pain to employers, according to IBI, a workforce health and productivity research and measurement organization
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