Via MomsRising: We’re moms and dads. We know firsthand how fast the flu travels through our workplaces, schools, and child care centers. We’ve been up at 3 am half-focused on caring for a sick child and half-focused on the related “what ifs?” What if I send her to school sick? Will she get worse, orContinue reading “Don’t punish people for getting sick!”
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Cough if you need sick leave
The short, lumpy red couch in Stili Klikizos’ second-grade classroom at Milwaukee’s Fratney Elementary School was meant for quiet-time reading. Now it’s “the sick couch,” a place for ill students to lie down as they await the bus that takes everybody home at day’s end. “The parents work and will lose pay if theyContinue reading “Cough if you need sick leave”
Boxing in the Big Apple: SF Chamber of Commerce delivers knockout blow to opponents of paid sick days
The Wall Street Journal examines a budgetary boxing match between opponents and advocates of legislation to ensure New York City workers can earn paid sick days on the job. The question: How much will it cost? In one corner: the New York City Chamber of Commerce, which says the measure will cost billions. In theContinue reading “Boxing in the Big Apple: SF Chamber of Commerce delivers knockout blow to opponents of paid sick days”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 