From The Stand: When we go out for a meal or shop for groceries, none of us wants to come home with stomach flu. Yet most of the employees working in Seattle restaurants, and many in grocery stores, daycares, hotels, and even medical centers don’t get any paid sick leave. Many workers without paid leaveContinue reading “Urge Seattle council, mayor: Support paid sick leave!”
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Live, work, shop or eat in Seattle? Support paid sick days now!
Imagine waking up on a Tuesday with the flu, but having to go to work so you don’t risk losing your job. Or, picture sending your sick child to school because you’ll lose a day’s pay if you stay home with them. Over 190,000 people working in Seattle don’t have a single paid sick day.Continue reading “Live, work, shop or eat in Seattle? Support paid sick days now!”
Paid sick days: Safe days for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
Via Washington Policy Watch: From the report Evaluating Paid Sick Leave Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 A few days off work can be critical to the health and safety of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking – and theirContinue reading “Paid sick days: Safe days for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 