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Paid Sick Days Legislation has Overwhelming Support, Polling Shows
Jun 24, 2010
86% of the public favors legislation that would mandate seven paid sick days per year for all employers, according to study sponsored by the Public Welfare Fund in collaboration with the National Partnership of Women and Families. Even when the public is asked about mandating nine paid sick days per year, 71% still support the proposed legislation. The study found that paid sick days legislation enjoys deep public support across all demographics and political leanings, including large majorities of Republicans as well as Democrats. -
Workplace Standards for Domestic Workers: Breakthrough NY Legislation Approved
Jun 10, 2010
On June 1, the New York Senate put the state in position to be first in the nation to enact a Domestic Workers' Rights law (S2311) by a vote of 33-28. The New York Assembly led the way in June 2009 when it passed its own version of the bill (A1470). This groundbreaking legislation will extend core labor rights, from fair labor standards to paid sick days, to creating a framework for collective bargaining, to domestic workers. This will include those employed to work in a private home to perform housekeeping and/or to care for children, the infirm, or the elderly.
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Paid Sick Days: Healthier Workers, Healthier Families
Nov 16, 2009
As part of our multi-state shared agenda, the Progressive States Network is working with its partners and leading experts to promote paid sick days reforms in states across the country. These reforms will allow parents to take care of sick children and workers to be more productive, while protecting the overall public health and preventing transmission of diseases within the workplace. Fully 86% of the public in polling by the Public Welfare Foundation in 2008 supported enacting laws that guarantee paid sick days for all workers
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Paid Sick Days Passes in Connecticut House
Jun 04, 2009
Last week, the Connecticut House approved legislation to guarantee paid sick days off for employees in any business with fifty or more employees. While the Senate adjourned the regular session without voting on the bill, a special budget session to be convened might have a chance to enact the bill.
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