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News release: Lack of Paid Sick Days Allowed H1N1 to Spread in the Workplace
In: H1N1 Flu| Paid sick days
25 Feb 2010A new Briefing Paper entitled “Sick at Work: Infected Employees in the Workplace During the H1N1 Pandemic”, released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, finds that while almost 26 million employed Americans age 18 and over may have been infected with the H1N1 flu in 2009, nearly 8 million employees took no time off [...]
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- Tags: David Miller, H1N1, IWPR, Paid sick days
Check out the letter of support from the Maine Small Business Coaltion:
In: H1N1 Flu| Maine State House| Maine Women's Lobby| Paid sick days| swine flu
23 Jan 2010Maine business leaders support paid sick days
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us to stay home from work or school in order to decrease the spread of the H1N1 virus. President Obama says, “If you’re sick, stay home.” Common sense tells us to limit our contact with others when we are sick.
Yet for [...]
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- Tags: business, H1N1, L.D. 1665, Maine Legislature, Paid sick days, sick leave
From the Majority Report
In: H1N1 Flu| Maine Women's Lobby| Paid sick days| Senate President Libby Mitchell| swine flu
17 Nov 2009Senate President Libby Mitchell: In light of H1N1, Maine Needs Paid Sick Days
“…Everyday during flu season, thousands of people go to work sick even though they know they should be staying home. The problem is, if they do the responsible thing and stay home, they lose a day’s pay. For the thousands of Mainers who [...]
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From the White House: Support Paid Sick Days
In: H1N1 Flu| Maine Women's Lobby| Obama| Paid sick days| swine flu
13 Nov 2009Here it is, folks, straight from the White House. It’s time that everyone had the protection of paid sick days.
Said Secretary Solis yesterday, “Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Biden we are proud to work with our colleagues in the Cabinet and the Middle Class Task Force to improve work-life policies, and efforts are [...]
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- Tags: Healthy Families Act, Paid sick days, White House, Workplace Flexibility
Right now: Paid Sick Days Hearing in Congress
In: H1N1 Flu| Maine Women's Lobby| Paid sick days| swine flu
10 Nov 2009Senator Dodd is overseeing a hearing in U.S. Senate Committee Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Subcommittee on Children and Families right now. Stream it now!
The cost of being sick:H1N1 and Paid Sick Days
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Scrutiny towards Walmart’s Paid Sick Day Policy
In: H1N1 Flu| Paid sick days| Senate President Libby Mitchell| swine flu
6 Nov 2009Today’s segment on Good Morning America reports on Walmart’s paid sick days policy. At issue: do penalties for using paid sick days encourage people to come to work sick?
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Lack of Paid Sick Days May Aid Flu Pandemic
In: H1N1 Flu| Maine Women's Lobby| Paid sick days| swine flu
3 Nov 2009The New York Times reports today
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/03sick.html?ref=health
Stop Swine Flu? The Answer is Paid Sick Days
In: H1N1 Flu| Maine State House| Maine Women's Lobby| Paid sick days| swine flu
20 Oct 2009October 20, 2009
Contact: Sarah Standiford, 207-622-0851, ext. 20, or 207-837-2609 (cell)
Paid Sick Days Needed to Limit H1N1 in Schools and Workplaces
Augusta – On Tuesday, a prominent local physician joined Senate President Libby Mitchell and advocates for seniors, women, and survivors of violence to urge passage of “An Act to Aid in the Prevention of the [...]
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Sick Leave at Issue in H1N1 Preparations: CDC Calls for Flexible Sick Leave Policies
In: Centers for Disease Control| H1N1 Flu| Paid sick days| swine flu
20 Aug 2009Today, a sold-out audience of more than 1,000 people will gather at the Augusta Civic Center for a summit on H1N1 flu preparation. Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Businesses and Employers, which includes recommendations from the CDC and a letter cosigned by the Secretaries [...]
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coffee, bagels, and swine flu
12 Jun 2009We continuously tell people to stay home when they’re sick, but we don’t guarantee paid sick days. And, yesterday at the same time that the World Health Organization was announcing a pandemic, our Congress was debating a bill that would guarantee paid sick days. Where is the logic in this? I think it’s ridiculous that paid [...]
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- Rep Butterfield brings the room back to the point of the debate
- Providing paid sick days would not be hard for business owners to keep track of
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