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Republican lawmakers ignoring even their own base on paid family leave

Seventy-three percent of Republicans said they think it is important that the new Congress and the president consider laws that help secure working families, such as paid family leave and paid sick days.

For many workers, basics such as fair pay and sick time can be elusive, and many are beginning to speak up.

Elected leaders may court the woman’s vote and debate job growth, flexibility, fair pay and even paid sick leave. But for Maddox and other low-wage workers, it’s not about work-life balance or fairness or politics: It’s about survival.

Paid sick days reduce workplace injuries, save business money

From CLASP Add one more piece of evidence to the increasingly-difficult-to-ignore body of facts that suggests earned sick days – particularly for lower-wage workers – are crucial to our country’s economic success and families’ economic security. A new study by health economist J. Paul Leigh shows that the economic cost of workplace injuries among low-wage workers amountedContinue reading “Paid sick days reduce workplace injuries, save business money”