Tag: Paid Sick Days
May 9, 2010
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
By ELLEN BRAVO We've been bombarded with ads promising the perfect gift for Mom, from chocolates and flowers to iPhones. Here’s my list of what…
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May 7, 2010
New resource on the economy and policies that value families at work
Check out this new policy resource from Family Values @ Work: Our Economy Needs Family Values @ Work Now More Than Ever. It's a great…
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April 21, 2010
A lesson learned: Paid sick days and H1N1
Family Values @ Work executive director, Ellen Bravo, had a letter to the editor in the New York Times about the importance of paid sick…
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April 13, 2010
Health Expert Links PSD to Reducing Foodborne Illness
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…
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April 13, 2010
Win-Win from paying a living wage – quality increases offset higher costs
Five years ago, San Diego’s City Council passed an ordinance requiring contractors to pay a living wage to their workers. A study released last month…
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April 7, 2010
Restaurant Employment Strong When Employers Make the Shift to Paid Sick Days
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…
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April 7, 2010
Breastfeeding and work: The work-family balance
By Josephine Kalipeni I haven’t set a great example for my team. Nine months into becoming the executive director of, but almost two years with,…
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March 31, 2010
More coverage of the NYC paid sick days reintroduction
More news and opinion coverage of the reintroduction of New York City’s paid sick days ordinance: Business Leaders, WFP Take Council's Temperature On Paid Sick…
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March 26, 2010
Reintroduction of NYC paid sick days ordinance
Yesterday's reintroduction of the New York City paid sick days ordinance garnered quite a bit of media attention. Supporters of the bill held a press…
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March 24, 2010
Bureau of Labor Statistics data confirm value of paid sick days
How much does it cost to provide paid sick days? Pennies per hour, according to the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS estimates a…
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