A bout of flu, car accident, or cancer diagnosis too often leads to a family economic crisis. Most workers have only limited paid leave to deal with their family health needs, and many have no leave at all. The Work and Family Agenda assures that everyone has Paid Sick Days for preventive care or whenContinue reading “A New Work-Family Agenda for Washington”
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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”
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