{"id":20877,"date":"2025-02-08T18:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20877"},"modified":"2025-02-08T18:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:02:41","slug":"super-bowl-flu-could-cost-businesses-over-3b-as-millions-plan-to-call-out-sick-after-the-big-game-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20877","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Super Bowl flu\u2019 could cost businesses over $3B as millions plan to call out sick after the big game: study"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u201cSuper Bowl flu\u201d could cost US businesses several billion dollars and waste nearly 108 million working hours collectively, according to a new study.<\/p>\n

An estimated 54 million employed, alcohol-drinking Americans are expected to tune in Sunday to watch the Kansas City Chiefs go for a\u00a0three-peat against the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 with nearly 23 million expected to call out of the work the next day.<\/p>\n

And if they do show up, they\u2019re probably not working very hard. Whether viewers are toasting in celebration or drowning their sorrows, hungover workers are about 25% less productive and fumble about two hours of the workday,\u00a0research shows.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The average US employee earns\u00a0$222 per day<\/a>\u00a0so if they waste a quarter of that on company time on what has become known as \u201cSuper Sick Monday,\u201d it will cost their employers about $55 per person, totaling a whopping $3 billion, online marketing site\u00a0NetVoucherCodes<\/a>\u00a0found.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to take things too far and find yourself hungover the next day which can severely reduce your productivity depending on the amount you\u2019ve had to drink and how you handle your alcohol,\u201d said Rebecca Bebbington, finance expert for the marketing service.<\/p>\n