Story Bank

“I recently lost my mother . . . a holocaust survivor [who] ended up dying because [her] home care aide did not have paid sick time.”

“We need paid sick days so that people can really take care of their health . . . [one of my diabetic patients] ended up in the Emergency Room three times in one year for a serious infection that could have spread to his blood and killed him . . . because he didn’t have paid sick days.”

“If there [were] a certain amount of allotted Paid Sick Days mandated by legislation, [it] would allow people to go to work . . . and school giving their 100% by being at 100%.”

“I was forced to have to make a choice between keeping my job or securing my health…My doctor…didn’t want to release me, but I was being threatened by my employer that if I didn’t get there at a certain time I would lose my job…In that moment I felt like just a product and not a person.”

“After [my son] was born I was able to stay home [and] breast feed him…I was able to take off work and still get paid part of my salary. With [Paid Family Leave] insurance I was able to…give him the foundation… that he needed.”

“Family Leave Insurance…has been a huge positive for Caliper. When you think about the cost of individuals leaving, the cost of seeking new employees, the cost of maybe hiring the wrong person training them, etc., and you compare that to the pennies that Family Leave costs you – there is just no comparison in terms of the pure balance sheet.”