"More states and cities are starting to require businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees. Just how much the days off are worth depends who you ask – an employer or a worker. Connecticut became the first state to mandate that companies with [...]
"More states and cities are starting to require businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees. Just how much the days off are worth depends who you ask – an employer or a worker. Connecticut became the first state to mandate that companies with [...]
"This is not to argue that women do not suffer when they lose jobs. In fact, recent research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research , found that women were experiencing greater hardship in the wake of the recession than men. But it is clear [...]
"This is not to argue that women do not suffer when they lose jobs. In fact, recent research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research , found that women were experiencing greater hardship in the wake of the recession than men. But it is clear [...]
More than 1 million city workers presently do not get paid sick time. A measure to fix that has stalled in the Council. Paid sick days would actually save the city $28 million annually in a reduction in emergency room visits, according to a report [...]
Providing earned sick days to workers in Maryland is expected to save employers in the state $2.5 million per year, largely due to reduced costs in turnover, according to an analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). The state’s proposed “Earned Sick and Safe Time Act” would also prevent lost worker income, reduce private and public health care expenses, and reduce expenditures on public assistance.
