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Megan’s story: Paid sick days and public health

From the Coalition for Healthy Tacoma Megan, a server at a Tacoma restaurant, called in sick with the flu one evening in 2007. Her supervisor told her the restaurant was busy that night, and she needed to come in anyway. “It was pretty much ‘you don’t call in sick unless you’re on your deathbed,’” saidContinue reading “Megan’s story: Paid sick days and public health”

Paid sick days keep bodies – and bottom lines – healthy

The latest research shows that minimum paid sick days standards and a strong economy go hand-in-hand. The Drum Major Institute (DMI) for Public Policy has just released a report titled Paid Sick Leave Does Not Harm Employment that lays to rest fears that paid sick days legislation may cost jobs. The report examines the effectContinue reading “Paid sick days keep bodies – and bottom lines – healthy”