Tag Archives: public policy
Access to sick days is vastly unequal
Via the Economic Policy Institute: More than one-third of all workers—38%—have no paid sick days. When these workers get sick, they are either forced to go to work, or stay home without pay and risk losing their job. Access to … Continue reading
Massachusetts labor chief: Paid sick days ‘a basic right’
From the Boston Herald: Gov. Deval Patrick’s top labor adviser threw the administration’s weight behind a proposal Tuesday that would require employers to allow workers to earn seven paid sick days a year, calling the proposal a “basic right,” arguing … Continue reading
This boss doesn’t mind sick days
From the Philadelphia Inquirer By Dewetta Logan The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is fighting a City Council measure that would require businesses to allow their employees to earn paid sick days. Although the past few years have not been … Continue reading
Posted in Business productivity, Healthy workers, Paid sick days
Tagged childcare, children, Paid sick days, paid sick leave, public policy
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Parents struggle to juggle sick kids, jobs
From Cincinnati Enquirer: Batavia School District Nurse Cathy Meyer often finds herself tangling with parents over sending their kids to school sick. And the students don’t just have the sniffles. One day last month, three kids were vomiting as they … Continue reading
Posted in Family values, In the news, Paid sick days
Tagged children, family, paid sick leave, public policy, school
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Paid sick days victory in Milwaukee evidence of national trend
Last Thursday, March 24, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld a upheld Milwaukee’s voter-approved paid sick days ordinance. The city joins San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as one of three U.S. cities that ensure every worker can earn paid sick … Continue reading
