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“I had a fever of 104″, but “taking time off from work would have cost me too much.”

I work two jobs and have no access to paid sick days; because of this lack of access, I have a risk of illness for my patients and complications for myself.

One of the things we have realized is that just because the income stops, doesn’t mean that the bills stop coming in.

[For] the people that I work with . . . one day being sick means six months to a year of unemployment.

…this has been a very good investment, one of many that you make in a business…it does show our employees that we respect them and we treat them actually like their family.

…to me it seems like a fundamental right of everyone in a civilized society. If you are sick you need to get better.