Aug 5, 2019 | Report/Brief

Paid Sick Days in Minneapolis: Lessons on Implementation and Enforcement

This brief outlines the process by which advocates advanced sick and safe time legislation in Minneapolis and details best practices in educating the community.

Jul 25, 2018 | Blog Post | Pronita Gupta

Workers Need Paid Sick Days—Not Undermining Laws

May 28, 2019 | Testimony/Comments | Tanya L. Goldman

NYC Council Testimony to Committee on Civil Service and Labor

Mar 13, 2019 | Fact Sheet | Tanya L. Goldman

Why Low-Wage Workers Need the Healthy Families Act

Most low-wage workers lack access to paid sick days. When illness strikes, they’re forced to choose between caring for themselves or their families and earning a paycheck. Taking a sick day leads to loss of much-needed wages and could even cost them their jobs. However, going to work sick or sending a sick child to school or child care endangers workers’ and their families’ health and spreads illness to colleagues, customers, and other children. That’s why CLASP advocates at the federal, state, and local levels for paid sick days laws. When workers can earn sick days, they can care for themselves or their loved ones without losing essential income.

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Pronita Gupta

Director of Job Quality

Paid Sick Days

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December 22, 2019 | News Clip | Paid Sick Days

Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave

December 10, 2019 | News Clip | Paid Sick Days

Feminists Sound Off on This Week’s Progress for Paid Leave

November 21, 2019 | Blog Post | Paid Sick Days

Low-Wage Workers Least Likely to Have Paid Sick Days

March 29, 2019 | Blog Post | Job Quality and Work/Life

The Cost of Not Supporting Working Women

March 14, 2019 | Press Release | Paid Sick Days

National Paid Sick Days Law Would Help Workers, Families, Communities

Enforcing Paid Sick Days Laws

With a growing number of cities and states passing paid sick days laws, it's critical to ensure strong enforcement. CLASP's Enforcingsickdays.org website helps government agencies, employers, employees, and advocates get the information they need to ensure all workers receive the paid sick time they’ve earned.

Enforcingsickdays.org website