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The #MeToo Workplace Policy That No One Is Talking About
“If you miss your court hearing, then you don’t get your protective order,” said [Marium] Durrani, who, before she joined the National Network to End Domestic Violence, was a lawyer representing victims of domestic violence in court. “Or you miss your job and your employer finds grounds to terminate you, and you probably don’t have resources to combat that. Beyond the physical and emotional implications of abuse, there are these long reaching ramifications.”
The Legislature needs to get out of the way on paid sick days
[The Pennsylvania Health Action Network] sees many people each year who, though insured, cite barriers to getting care, including difficulty getting paid time off from employers to see their doctors when they are ill. This is a public health crisis, and it's one that is disproportionately affecting women, African American and Latino workers, all of whom are overrepresented among low-wage workers and among part-time workers.
Austin workers deserve paid sick leave, and students can help them get it
[Implementing the paid sick days ordinance] will be worth it for Austin workers, including financially independent students who work in Austin and stand to benefit from the ordinance.
Northbrook adopts Cook County paid sick leave ordinance after opting out last year
[Trustee Muriel] Collison has previously said that since the board’s decision to opt out, the issue has been on her mind. A number of full-time workers in Northbrook told Collison that not only do they not receive paid sick days, but that if they miss work for more than three days in a year, for whatever reason, they would be fired, she said.
Paid sick leave bill passes in Westchester County
[O]ne small business owner in Yonkers tells News 12 he has been giving employees five to six paid sick days a year for the past 15 years. "I think people should have some personal days off, paid if you can afford it, I think it's the right thing to do, it also makes everybody happy," says Rich Angelori, owner of Midway Electric.
Cities battle their states over paid sick leave policy
A split is growing between cities that want to require private companies to give workers paid sick days and states that are determined to stop them.
Dangerous Jobs Also Put Workers at Risk of Opioid Dependency
Yet for an epidemic that often festers in private, this study [by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health] also points to a solution in the workplace: keeping workers safe, first and foremost, and if they do get hurt, ensuring “Access to care, support, and the means to take time off of work with pay.”
Paid Sick Leave Laws? No Problem, Say Small-Business Owners
As more cities mandate paid sick days for workers, the reaction from many small businesses is a big, so what?
'They have taken away our vote': Michigan approves minimum-wage hike and paid sick leave, setting up clash
"Paid sick leave, minimum-wage hikes, higher taxes on the rich for teachers -- these are all overwhelmingly popular among both Democratic and Republican voters," Saru Jayaraman, an academic at the University of California at Berkeley and co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which has pushed raising the wage for tipped workers. "Ballot measures are the greatest path to allow working people to move the issues they believe in, but they're being subverted."
Legislature passes wage hike, paid sick leave but it's not that simple
Danielle Atkinson, founder of Michigan Time to Care, which spearheaded the paid sick leave proposal, was grateful for the approval of the proposal, but said that her group will now spend its time making sure it’s not gutted after the election.
Pushing for paid sick leave in the workplace
The county legislature is considering a bill to require all employers provide some sick time, even for part-time workers – although the smallest businesses would be able to make it unpaid. [Includes video.]
Does Your Company Offer Paid Sick Leave? Here's Why It Should
The problem with policies that don't distinguish between leisure time and sick time, however, is that workers often will go to great lengths to avoid taking off for the latter. As such, many have a tendency to come to work sick, which pretty much benefits no one.
Why Paid Sick Leave Is Important for Your Financial (and Physical) Health
Employees without paid sick benefits – of which there are 34.2 million in the private sector – are three times more likely to have family incomes below the poverty line, according to research from Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University published in Social Work in Health Care.
More than 100 San Antonians speak at public hearing for paid sick leave
"We're here tonight to speak up for the 350,000 people currently who do not have [paid] sick time," local business owner Julio Lopez said.
Paid Leave From Work Can Help Domestic-Violence Victims Leave Abusers
Dawn Dalton, the policy director at the Washington, D.C., Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said scheduling demands are consistently the largest obstacle standing between the victim and a different life: “I hear, again and again, ‘I just can’t get time off work.’”
Congress should set the floor on paid leave
People need time to care for themselves or a sick loved one, which is why 44 jurisdictions have passed paid sick days. Yet, lobbyists are urging Congress to give wealthy corporations a way to evade state and local laws and go back to putting limits and punishments on their employees for using the paid sick time they’ve earned.
Imagine if you’re one of the 345,000 without paid sick days
Maythe made the decision to stay home from the bakery where she works to take care of her 9-year-old son. It turned out he had the flu, and she had to miss three days of work. She didn’t get paid for those days, and it set her family back on their bills.
What You Should Know About The New Paid Sick Leave Bill
While Rhode Island's paid sick and safe leave law protects survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault so they don't have to worry about losing their jobs while going to court or seeing a doctor, advocates argue that H.R. 4219 - the Workflex in the 21st Century Act currently on the table - would put these protections at risk.
Will local LGBTQ protections be collateral damage in bid to undo Philly paid sick leave?
A bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that intends to reverse Philadelphia’s sick leave ordinance may also affect LGBTQ employment protections.
Paid sick leave: Almost all NJ workers will soon get it, and this is how
The new [paid sick days] law struck a chord with some employees at Langosta Lounge. "When you miss one day, it kind of domino-effects," said Ryan Harrington, 30, of Bradley Beach, a server there. "A little less money for whatever bill I have to pay, or something I want to do. That one day can set me back for the month."
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