Month: August 2012
August 17, 2012
Here’s a Tip for Restaurant Week, D.C.: Paid Sick Days Mean Healthy Workers, Healthy Businesses and a Healthy District.
by Wendy Chun-Hoon Ahh…Restaurant Week in D.C. I’ve been dying to try this place! Upscale. Always packed. Good food, good wine, and...ah, ah, aaaaa-chooooo! Unfortunately,…
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August 17, 2012
U.S. Trails World in Paid Time Off as 40% Don’t Get Money
About 40 percent of U.S. workers, or more than 55 million Americans, don’t get paid when they take vacation or sick days, the government reported.…
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August 16, 2012
New Government Figures Confirm Huge Gaps in Access to Paid Leave
New figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show how serious the lack of earned sick time is for workers in this country – and…
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August 16, 2012
Can’t Momma Get a (Paid) Day Off?
I’ve had premature babies. I’ve had cancer. I’ve had it good. Unlike most new mothers and people with major illnesses, I didn’t have to worry…
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August 8, 2012
Working While Sick: ROC-Miami Report Shows Dangerous Mix of Low Wages and No Paid Sick Days
Erica Sommer, a bartender in Miami, Florida, worked three days with highly-contagious typhoid fever and a temperature of 103.7 degrees not because she’s a daredevil,…
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August 7, 2012
Study: Paid sick-time would help employers, too
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research concludes that the proposed initiative mandating sick time for workers in Orange County would not…
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August 5, 2012
Working While Sick
More than 40 million American workers get no paid sick leave. They have to work when ill or take unpaid sick days, which can lead…
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August 2, 2012
19 years after Family Leave Act, many Americans still shortchanged
Nearly two decades ago, on Aug. 5, 1993, the United States took a stride forward by implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act. But we've…
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August 1, 2012
Ferreras introduces sick-day plan to protect workers
Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (c.) leads a rally of workers and small business owners in Elmhurst. Photo by Karen Frantz. City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East…
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August 1, 2012
Workers demand law for paid sick leave in Elmhurst
Every day, food service employees — 80 percent of whom are working without paid leave for illness — face difficult choices between their health and…
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