Mar 6, 2020 | Fact Sheet | Tanya L. Goldman

Why Low-Wage Workers Need the Healthy Families Act

A national paid sick time law will benefit low-wage workers by safeguarding their economic security, allowing them to care for a sick loved one, helping to prevent the spread of infections, and allowing workers to seek timely preventive services and medical care.

Mar 11, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Tanya L. Goldman

Testimony on Importance of Healthy Families Act in Light of COVID-19

Nov 21, 2019 | Blog Post | Adewale Maye

Low-Wage Workers Least Likely to Have Paid Sick Days

Aug 5, 2019 | Report/Brief

Paid Sick Days in Minneapolis: Lessons on Implementation and Enforcement

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

New from CLASP

March 26, 2020 | Press Release | Federal Spending Priorities

Coronavirus Bill Offers Relief to People with Low Incomes. Next Bill Must Do More, Include Immigrants.

March 23, 2020 | Blog Post | Federal Spending Priorities

Federal Response to Coronavirus Public Health and Economic Crisis Must Prioritize People with Low Incomes

March 22, 2020 | News Clip | Paid Sick Days

Restaurant Workers Amid COVID-19: Essential, At Risk, Unprotected

March 22, 2020 | News Clip | Paid Sick Days

As Chain Restaurants Ask For Government Bail-Outs, Most Refuse To Bail Out Sick Hourly Employees

March 21, 2020 | News Clip | Paid Sick Days

Column: Coronavirus will hurt us all. But it will be worst for those who have the least

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