The Drum Major Institute (DMI) has released a new report titled “Paid Sick Leave Does Not Harm Business Growth or Job Growth“. It is an update to DMI’s March 2010 report that found no causal link between paid sick days and boilerplate opposition claims that they harm employment. The new report examines employment statistics inContinue reading “Paid sick leave does not harm business growth or job growth”
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New Survey Shows Widespread Support for Paid Sick Days
From the Public News Service: SEATTLE – More than half the people questioned in a new national survey said they’ve either gone to work with a contagious illness or sent their kids to school or child care sick, because they didn’t have paid sick leave and couldn’t afford to stay home. The University of Chicago’sContinue reading “New Survey Shows Widespread Support for Paid Sick Days”
Restaurant Employment Strong When Employers Make the Shift to Paid Sick Days
In February 2007, San Francisco implemented the nation’s first paid sick days law, allowing all workers within the city to earn a minimum amount of paid sick leave. Restaurants are among the employers least likely to provide sick leave benefits, absent such a requirement. Therefore, if minimum paid leave standards effect the number of jobsContinue reading “Restaurant Employment Strong When Employers Make the Shift to Paid Sick Days”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 