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Paid Sick Days: Why it Matters to Families and Communities Thursday, March 15, 2007 from 3 to 4 p.m. EST Click here to listen to this audio conference in streaming audio. There is no minimum standard for paid sick days. As a result, about half of private sector workers do not have paid sick days. This means that some workers lose wages if they stay home with a child with pink eye; others can lose their jobs—and do. Other workers come to work sick. This is a family, public health, and employer issue that impacts all workers, and particularly those in low-wage jobs. In San Francisco, the voters just passed a referendum that establishes paid sick days in the city. Learn about other paid sick days policy developments around the country and in the new Congress. More cities and states are looking at this working condition and taking action. In this audio conference call, foundations from around the country got to ask their questions of the experts. Guests:
Moderator: Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy Director of CLASP
Resources for Further Information: CLASP Get the Prescription: Child Care Workers Need Paid Sick Days Presenteeism and Paid Sick Days Paid Sick Days Legislation: A Legislator’s Guide Here’s a Tip: When Restaurant and Hotel Workers Don’t Have Paid Sick Days, It Hurts Us All NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP for WOMEN and FAMILIES Provisions of the Healthy Families Act Get Well Soon: Americans Can’t Afford to Get Sick Why Working Families Need Paid Sick Days Why Paid Sick Days Make Good Business Sense INSTITUTE FOR WOMENS POLICY RESEARCH No Time to be Sick: Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don't Have Paid Sick Leave Paid Sick Days Improve Public Health by Reducing the Spread of Disease Valuing Good Health in Massachusetts: An Estimate of Costs and Savings for the Paid Sick Days Act Valuing Good Health: An Estimate of Costs and Savings for the Healthy Families Act WORK LIFE LAW One Sick Child Away from Being Fired SLOAN WORK AND FAMILY RESEARCH NETWORK http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/search.php?search_text=Sick+Days LEGISLATION Healthy Families Act/Congress: http://www.thomas.gov/ (browse in 110th Congress by bill name)
For more information, please contact Angela Parker, CLASP Audio Conference Coordinator, 202-906-8032, aparker@clasp.org.
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