From the Public News Service: SEATTLE – More than half the people questioned in a new national survey said they’ve either gone to work with a contagious illness or sent their kids to school or child care sick, because they didn’t have paid sick leave and couldn’t afford to stay home. The University of Chicago’sContinue reading “New Survey Shows Widespread Support for Paid Sick Days”
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Lack of Paid Sick Days Takes Significant Toll on Workers, Public Support Growing
Via the Public Welfare Foundation: Nearly one in six people polled in a national survey (16 percent) say they have lost a job for taking time off from work to care for a sick child or family member, or to cope with their own illness. Released today, the survey was conducted by the National OpinionContinue reading “Lack of Paid Sick Days Takes Significant Toll on Workers, Public Support Growing”
Why unpaid maternity leave isn’t enough
From the Washington Post: When it comes to paid maternity leave, the United States is in the postpartum dark ages. One hundred and seventy-seven nations — including Djibouti, Haiti and Afghanistan — have laws on the books requiring that all women, and in some cases men, receive both income and job-protected time off after theContinue reading “Why unpaid maternity leave isn’t enough”
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