Here’s a Tip”¦When Restaurant and Hotel Workers Don’t Have Paid Sick Days, It Hurts Us All

Written in 2007, Jodie Levin-Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC. Levin-Epstein’s report examines the public health risks associated with the lack of paid sick days among low-wage accommodation and food industry workers. She argues that providing paid sick days for workers in all sectors would not only benefit workers’ health and their families, but public health, as well.