Posts Tagged ‘H1N1’
A 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. [...]
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- Tags: business, H1N1, L.D. 1665, Maine Legislature, Paid sick days, sick leave
Right now: Paid Sick Days Hearing in Congress
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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- Tags: H1N1, Healthy Families Act, Paid sick days, pandemic flu, US Congress
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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