[1] Workplace Economics, Inc., 1991 State Employee Benefits Survey (Benefits in Effect January 1, 1991), (Washington, D.C., 1991), pp. 9-16.

[2] Office of Personnel Management, State of Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma Salary Survey for 1990 (December 19, 1990), pp. 26-29.

[3] "CCH Absenteeism Survey, Paid Sick Leave Produces Substantial Costs for Employers," Ideas and Trends in Personnel, Issue No. 239 (January 9, 1991), p. 1.

[4] Ibid.

[5] "Sick Leave: Does it Encourage Absenteeism?" Ideas & Trends (March 7, 1990), p. 46.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Ibid.

[8] Bureau of National Affairs, "CUPA Focus: Absences, Drug Testing," Bulletin to Management (September 3, 1987), p. 282.

[9] Ibid.

[10] "CCH Absenteeism Survey," Ideas and Trends in Personnel, p. 1.

[11] Center for Personnel Research, "Sick Leave Survey Results," IPMA NEWS (April 1990), p. 4.