FamilyValues@Work.org

Family Values @ Work executive director, Ellen Bravo, had a letter to the editor in the New York Times about the importance of paid sick days in protecting public health during a crisis like the H1N1 epidemic. Ellen’s letter was in response to an article by Richard P. Wenzel, a specialist in infectious disease.

Richard Lillie, who works for the Department of Health in Washington state, writes into the News Tribune today about the recently kicked off campaign for paid sick days in Tacoma. This is a man who knows about foodborne illness from his job – and from his children and grandchildren.  As a professional, he knows the [...]

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 jobs [...]

A new set of surveys and a national report from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United show that although the restaurant industry continues to prosper—even in the face of the economic crisis—most workers are still being denied the family-supporting policies that would make these jobs sustainable. Using data collected from restaurant worker surveys in Chicago, Metro Detroit, [...]