Archive for the ‘H1N1 Flu’ Category
Lack of Paid Sick Days May Aid Flu Pandemic
3 Nov 2009The New York Times reports today http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/business/03sick.html?ref=health
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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 [...]
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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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- Tags: Congress, debate, H1N1, Healthy Families Act, Paid sick days, swine flu, YouTube
BooHiss
11 Jun 2009Ms. Lipnic – can’t remember her affiliation maybe Chamber of Commerce? – is telling the committee that employers needs discretion to deny paid sick days and paid leave. grrrr. But here comes Sandra Poole who will talk about how California’s paid family and medical leave is working. (they are testifying on the FIRST act – [...]
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- Tags: Congress, family leave, FIRST act, Healthy Families Act, paid family leave, temporary disability insurance
Teeing up the witnesses
11 Jun 2009Debra Ness, President of the National Partnership, is going first. “the sooner we act, the better off we will be. “America needs a basic workplace standard that allows employees to earn …up to seven paid sick days a year.” Debra’s reminding us that, in the wake of the H1N1 virus, CDC asks people to stay [...]
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Hearing on Healthy Families Act beginning!
In: H1N1 Flu|Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|swine flu
11 Jun 2009The federal Health and Education Committee is about to start a hearing on the Healthy Families Act – paid sick days for US workers. Rajiv Bhatia, from San Francisco’s department of public health, is on deck after the bill’s sponsor Representative Rosa DeLauro and Rep. Grayson. You can watch it live . And we’ll be [...]
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- Tags: Healthy Families Act, Maine Women's Lobby, Paid sick days, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, US Congress, Women, working families
Got Sick Days?
4 May 2009Roughly 60 million Americans do not have access to paid sick leave. So, in a time of swine flu and warnings to stay home if your sick – heeding these cautions can be a pricey endeavor. The reality is that many American workers have to go to work when they or their children or sick [...]
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A Sick Situation
In: H1N1 Flu|Paid sick days|Press Link|swine flu|Uncategorized
1 May 2009As more cases of swine flu are reported, we are hearing more about staying home from work and school if you experience any flu-like symptoms. But the reality is the majority of workers cannot stay home when their sick. For the majority of workers, missing work results in a loss in wages – and possibly [...]
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