Seattle Times -> Millions without sick leave fear swine flu: For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don’t come to work, you don’t get paid. That idea drives an untold numbers of carpenters, day care workers, servers, shopkeepers and small-business owners to their jobs each day. Sniffles or not. | More
Category Archives: Paid Sick Days
Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic
From the New York Times: Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness. Tens of millionsContinue reading “Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic”
With H1N1 Spreading this Fall: We Need Paid Sick Days, Not Another “iPhone App”
Cross-posted from National Partnership for Women and Families: As schools reopen and cooler, drier temperatures return here to Washington, D.C., the nation waits for the second wave of the H1N1 flu to hit us. Meanwhile, we are bombarded by information on the Internet, in the news and through our email inboxes. Google, too, is inContinue reading “With H1N1 Spreading this Fall: We Need Paid Sick Days, Not Another “iPhone App””
Washington Work and Family Coalition 