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My guess is that MS did the math. If a sick janitor comes to work and infects a programmer, MS loses productivity. It's probably cheaper to pay a janitor to stay home than to pay for the loss in productivity due to sick salaried workers. I doubt that this would catch on where the majority of the workforce is paid at a low level.“It’s a moral model, but I don’t think there’s a high probability it’s going to become universal through business initiatives,” she said. “The public wants this. The resistance is all from employers. The only way is through public policy.”