From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: By Ellen Bravo Imagine the scene: Someone tries to convince you there’s a wolf in the area about to cause great harm. The person offers to protect you – and then asks for generous handouts to help that effort. Only problem: There’s no wolf. Such is the case with theContinue reading “Time to own up: Paid sick days make sense”
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Restaurant workers say they work when ill
From the Seattle Times: A cough. A sneeze. Perhaps a bead of sweat. These are not ingredients that are supposed to come with a food order, but a national survey of restaurant workers released last week served up an unsavory possibility. Two-thirds of 4,323 food servers and preparers surveyed admitted they had worked while sickContinue reading “Restaurant workers say they work when ill”
Imagining A World With Paid Sick Days
By Linda Meric, from njtoday.net There are many areas of life in this country where it appears that we live in two worlds. And that’s no different when we consider paid sick days. In the first world, if you’re sick, you stay home from work, take care of yourself, and have the time to getContinue reading “Imagining A World With Paid Sick Days”
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