Despite strong and growing public support for an earned sick days standard in Orange County, Florida, attacks on the proposed measure continue.
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Two just released, peer-reviewed studies from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide new, quantitative evidence of the relationship between workers’ access to paid sick days and their health and well-being.
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This month, more than 200 advocates from across the country were here in Washington, D.C., to discuss best practices and next steps in the effort to increase working families' access to paid sick days and paid family and medical leave.
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When the latest issue of The Atlantic hit newsstands, the essay featured on its cover garnered significant media attention.
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Just in time for Father’s Day, the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire released the results of a new study on working parents.
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Restaurant patrons eager for a nice night out will soon have much more to consider thanks to Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Center United and author of an upcoming book on working conditions in the nation’s restaurant industry.
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For decades, the country’s workers have benefited tremendously from the NAACP’s work to advance civil rights and promote economic security.
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Over the past year, some workers and their families have rested a little easier knowing they will be able to recover from illness or help a family member do so without sacrificing much-needed income.
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May is Older Americans Month, a time to honor and show appreciation for the older adults in our lives and our communities.
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There’s exciting news out of Florida!
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In the past few weeks, we’ve seen paid sick days efforts progress and make headlines in cities and states throughout the country — and support for the federal Healthy Families Act continues to grow in Congress.
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It’s National Public Health Week — a time when the nation’s public health community unites around one aspect of public health to raise awareness and improve the health of the nation.
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Today, as paid sick days activity continues throughout the country, Senator Tom Harkin (D – Iowa) introduced an exciting new piece of federal legislation that could establish a national paid sick days standard and highlights the critical connection between workers’ access to paid sick days and working families’ economic security.
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As families across the country enjoy unusually warm weather and prepare for the summer, paid sick days campaigns are heating up too.
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A powerful new report released this week paints a dire picture for workers in the restaurant industry.
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On Wednesday morning, at an event sponsored by the Center for American Progress, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) described for the first time sweeping new legislation that he plans to introduce this spring: the Rebuild America Act.
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2011 was a historic year in the effort to guarantee workers the right to earn paid sick days.
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This year, we have seen incredible momentum in the fight for paid sick days laws.
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When President Obama proclaimed November National Family Caregivers Month this year, he described family caregiving as “heroic work… often done while caregivers balance other commitments to their families, jobs, and communities.”
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A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that various racial and ethnic groups were at greater risk of exposure to H1N1 during the pandemic because they didn’t have access to paid sick days.
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