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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.

For Immediate Release: January 11, 2009 Contact: Ellen Bravo, Executive Director, 414-916-7078 Washington, DC: Today Family Values at Work – a network of 14 state coalitions that supports strong health and family policies in the workplace – called on federal lawmakers to observe “National Influenza Vaccination Week,” January 10-16, by supporting a critical public health [...]

In October, Maine State Senate President Libby Mitchell introduced “An Act to Aid in the Prevention of the Spread of H1N1 Influenza by ensuring the Provision of Earned Paid Sick Time.” The bill would provide approximately six paid sick days annually for large businesses and approximately three days for small businesses. The time could be [...]

New York Paid Sick Days coalition member A Better Balance, with Community Service Society, have released a new report, “Sick in the City: What the Lack of Paid Leave Means for Working New Yorkers. The report found that nearly half of New York City workers do not have paid sick leave, and nearly two-thirds of [...]

On October 7, 2009,  ABC World News aired a story about the need for paid sick days during the H1N1 epidemic. It features interviews with Linda Meric at 9to5 and Deborah Leff at the Public Welfare Foundation. Here’s a link to the video and the transcript: Unpaid Sick Days Leave Parents With Tough Choices During [...]

New fact sheet explains why we need family values at work more than ever in an economic downturn. To download the fact sheet, click the icon below.