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Omaha Steve

(103,477 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 07:20 AM May 2015

AP: Next battle for low-wage earners is paid sick leave




The Associated Press

Shannon Henderson poses Friday outside the Wal-Mart store where she works as a part-time customer service representative, in Sacramento, California. Henderson is one of an estimated 40 million American workers for who calling in sick is a luxury. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid.

http://www.omaha.com/money/next-battle-for-low-wage-earners-is-paid-sick-leave/article_547c379e-a730-5600-af74-a50e71b0183d.html

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015 12:14 AM
Associated Press |

NEW YORK (AP) — For Shannon Henderson, getting a cold or flu could be the difference between putting food on the table and going hungry.

As a part-time customer service representative at a Wal-Mart in Sacramento, California, Henderson is one of an estimated 40 million American workers for who calling in sick is a luxury. If they don't work, they don't get paid.

"I'm super afraid of getting sick," said Henderson, 29, who slathers on hand sanitizer at work in hopes of fending off illness.

Paid sick leave is the next frontier in the fight for the country's lowest earners. Some of the same workers' rights groups that grabbed headlines recently by pushing companies for wage hikes are steering the conversation toward paid sick leave. The debate has caught the attention of governments and companies alike.

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Which states/cities have enacted mandated paid sick leave
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AP: Next battle for low-wage earners is paid sick leave (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2015 OP
The money that a corporation to allow an employee to recover marym625 May 2015 #1

marym625

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1. The money that a corporation to allow an employee to recover
Wed May 20, 2015, 07:36 AM
May 2015

Would be more than paid for by keeping other employees and customers well.

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