Column: Coronavirus will hurt us all. But it will be worst for those who have the least
4 years, 9 months ago

Column: Coronavirus will hurt us all. But it will be worst for those who have the least

LA Times  

For many salaried, white-collar employees, the coronavirus crisis will be burdensome, scary, even painful, but financially survivable. — Jim Conway, Olive Garden worker Two weeks ago, Darden Restaurants, the corporate owner of Olive Garden, announced that it would provide full-time workers with up to five paid sick days. Under Darden’s policy of advancing its workers paid sick days based on their last six months of work, he’s entitled to two days. “I think we all know this crisis will extend beyond two weeks,” Conway said Friday at a news conference The rift between the experience of Americans able to work from home and those in the service sector, now out of work, underscores how dramatically the crisis is separating the haves in the U.S. economy from those who don’t have much. America’s low-income workers earn less in comparison to total average earnings than those in any other developed country.

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Seven million workers to get sick pay from the first day under 'once-in-a-generation' overhaul of workers' rights
3 months ago

Seven million workers to get sick pay from the first day under 'once-in-a-generation' overhaul of workers' rights

Daily Mail  

Workers will be given rights to claim sick pay from their first day on the job under new laws. Probation periods – which can currently last as long as two years – are also expected to be shortened to six months and staff will get protection against unfair dismissal from their first day at work. Labour is set to give …

Ill-gotten gains: Why does American society coerce us to work while sick?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ill-gotten gains: Why does American society coerce us to work while sick?

Salon  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon remove its five-day isolation guidance for people who are infected with COVID-19, according to a recent report in The Washington Post. But as one epidemiologist told NPR: "It's like saying, well, people aren't really wearing a seat belt, so I guess we can say seat belts don't matter.” A reversal in …

There’s a Looming Workplace Crisis. Employers Don’t Care.
2 years, 5 months ago

There’s a Looming Workplace Crisis. Employers Don’t Care.

Slate  

Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. Nearly two and a half years into a pandemic that has transformed many people’s work lives, companies still haven’t figured out how to manage COVID-related sick leave. Even …

California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases
2 years, 11 months ago

California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Crystal Orozco got sick with the coronavirus last month, she missed nearly two weeks’ worth of her salary as a shift leader at a fast food restaurant and had to ask family members for a loan to help pay her rent. The tax cuts and other moves, including letting business owners deduct federal coronavirus grants from …

COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers

LA Times  

Employee Diego Almendor has his temperature taken by owner Nicolas Montano before beginning his shift at Los Toros Mexican restaurant in Chatsworth on Feb. 27, 2021. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reached an agreement Tuesday to again require employers to provide workers with up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave to recover from COVID-19 or care for a …

Congress Drops The Ball On Paid Leave As Millions Call Out Sick
2 years, 11 months ago

Congress Drops The Ball On Paid Leave As Millions Call Out Sick

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 ravages the country, putting kids out of school and forcing workers to isolate at home, companies are cutting down paid leave benefits, forcing Americans to either take a pay cut or come to work sick. Paid leave advocates are calling out the growing sick leave crisis — one that …

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
3 years ago

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum

Associated Press  

As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck. What’s more, Schneider noted that the share of workers with paid sick leave before the pandemic barely budged during the pandemic — 50% versus 51% respectively. “Now I …

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
3 years ago

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum

LA Times  

As the raging Omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck. What’s more, Schneider noted that the share of workers with paid sick leave before the pandemic barely budged during the pandemic — 50% versus 51% respectively. “Now I …

Workers told they can take 28 days off sick without doctor’s note
3 years ago

Workers told they can take 28 days off sick without doctor’s note

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Workers have been told they can take 28 days off …

Pandemic prompts firms to offer paid sick leave—but workers still don't get it
3 years, 3 months ago

Pandemic prompts firms to offer paid sick leave—but workers still don't get it

Live Mint  

As American confronted the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a significant workplace divide came into focus: Millions of workers had no paid sick time, and millions more lacked enough paid time off to cover a severe illness. But while many workers who already enjoyed paid leave now have even greater benefits, many more low-wage, part-time and hourly workers, as well as …

Labor union concerned about sick employees unable to reintegrate during pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Labor union concerned about sick employees unable to reintegrate during pandemic

NL Times  

Thousands of employees on long-term sick leave are having trouble rejoining their workplaces during the pandemic, according to labor union CNV. As a consequence, thousands of people who spent more than two years on leave will suffer major financial difficulties when their paid leave gets cut by 30 percent, the union said. The union wants the government to subsidize employers …

Panel approves paid sick days for home health care workers
3 years, 10 months ago

Panel approves paid sick days for home health care workers

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A bill that would have mandated paid sick leave for a range of essential workers cleared a key Senate committee Monday, but only after it was sharply whittled down to cover only certain home health care workers. An amendment by Senate Democrats who did not want to impose such a mandate on private businesses limited the bill …

As COVID surges in Canada, workers ‘can’t afford to get sick’
3 years, 11 months ago

As COVID surges in Canada, workers ‘can’t afford to get sick’

Al Jazeera  

Toronto, Canada – When Carolina Lopez woke up with a sore throat in November, her mind immediately went to the worst-case scenario: COVID-19. Toronto’s board of health also urged the province to take up de Villa’s recommendations on paid sick days, as well as ensure all workers could take protected, paid leave to care for loved ones who are ill. …

Employers Will No Longer Be Required To Give Paid Leave To Workers With COVID-19
4 years ago

Employers Will No Longer Be Required To Give Paid Leave To Workers With COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Starting Jan. 1, employers will no longer have to give workers with COVID-19, or those taking care of someone with the virus, two weeks of paid leave. “I fear that rather than offering a workable solution, the House bill will exacerbate the problem by forcing small businesses to pay wages they cannot afford and ‘helping’ them go …

Paid Sick Leave Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Cases, Study Finds
4 years, 2 months ago

Paid Sick Leave Significantly Reduces COVID-19 Cases, Study Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The emergency paid sick leave benefit passed by Congress in March to deal with the coronavirus pandemic kept a significant number of Americans from getting COVID-19, according to a peer-reviewed study published Thursday in the journal Health Affairs. It’s one tool in the toolbox that helps to bring down case numbers.” - Nicolas Ziebarth, associate professor at …

Column: America’s pathetic sick leave policies are killing our coronavirus response
4 years, 7 months ago

Column: America’s pathetic sick leave policies are killing our coronavirus response

LA Times  

The U.S. is the only rich country that fails to provide any nationally-mandated paid sick leave. — Jody Heymann, UCLA One developed country, South Korea, doesn’t provide paid sick leave as such, but does provide all workers with three weeks of paid time off that can be used as sick leave. The U.S. is among the few countries that don’t …

Trump's Labor Department Takes A Hacksaw To Coronavirus Paid Sick Leave
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump's Labor Department Takes A Hacksaw To Coronavirus Paid Sick Leave

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING What started out as a valiant effort to provide Americans with paid sick leave during an unprecedented health care crisis has ended with a paltry measure that will barely cover anyone who is still working in the COVID-19 economy. On Thursday, the Department of Labor published guidelines on the new paid sick leave and family leave provisions …

Column: The coronavirus bill is a big step toward stimulus that helps you, not corporate bigwigs
4 years, 9 months ago

Column: The coronavirus bill is a big step toward stimulus that helps you, not corporate bigwigs

LA Times  

Someone was paying attention to the lessons of the last bailout. The $2-trillion stimulus bill on which Congress will start voting Wednesday includes several provisions aimed at making sure that the government’s massive bailout of big business comes with at least some strings attached and that ordinary households get help. — The bad: The bill incorporates limits on executive compensation …

Here’s who qualifies for coronavirus paid sick leave under new federal law
4 years, 9 months ago

Here’s who qualifies for coronavirus paid sick leave under new federal law

LA Times  

The federal government’s emergency coronavirus relief law includes paid sick leave benefits for American employees at small to midsize firms who have to take time off because of the spreading virus. “There’s no reason why it should be so onerous for a small business to take this up, because they’re going to get that back in tax credits.” She said …

Americans Want Paid Sick Leave For Coronavirus Crisis. Why Won't Congress Deliver?
4 years, 9 months ago

Americans Want Paid Sick Leave For Coronavirus Crisis. Why Won't Congress Deliver?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the battle over emergency legislation to address the coronavirus pandemic plays out in Congress, one thing is becoming clear: Paid sick leave for workers is absolutely crucial, and the American public recognizes it — even if some lawmakers don’t. President Donald Trump signed a watered-down paid sick leave provision into law last week as part of …

Column: The coronavirus crisis shows what happens when a country puts its workers last
4 years, 9 months ago

Column: The coronavirus crisis shows what happens when a country puts its workers last

LA Times  

The most familiar observation about the human reaction to abject terror is the one stating that “there are no atheists in foxholes.” We’re about to see how that aphorism applies in modern American politics. And many who sounded the siren about the economic drag of government deficits and the national debt are saying, “Never mind.” Here’s White House economic advisor …

What Working While Sick Taught Me About The Risk Of Coronavirus For All Of Us
4 years, 9 months ago

What Working While Sick Taught Me About The Risk Of Coronavirus For All Of Us

Huff Post  

Thomas Barwick via Getty Images “If you want a vacation, quit your day job.” I lost count of how many times I heard that popular phrase when I worked as a cook, and now that attitude could be helping the coronavirus spread. No wonder 51% of food workers routinely go to work sick and 38% admit to sometimes clocking in …

Coronavirus: Tory MP tells constituent to 'get a life' when asked how to survive on statutory sick pay
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Tory MP tells constituent to 'get a life' when asked how to survive on statutory sick pay

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Conservative MP has apologised after she told a constituent worried …

Republicans, White House Gut Paid Sick Leave In Coronavirus Bill
4 years, 9 months ago

Republicans, White House Gut Paid Sick Leave In Coronavirus Bill

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Under pressure from the White House and business groups, House Democrats agreed to further water down paid sick and family leave provisions in the coronavirus emergency bill currently awaiting a Senate vote. “The carve-outs that came in last night through pressure from Republicans and the White House have dramatically weakened what started out as a strong paid …

Bipartisan virus relief bill: Free testing, paid sick leave
4 years, 9 months ago

Bipartisan virus relief bill: Free testing, paid sick leave

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House, with President Donald Trump’s support, early Saturday passed a bill to provide free testing for the coronavirus, as well as paid sick and family leave, strengthened unemployment insurance and increased food aid to ease the hardship on families. It would require paid leave for workers who contract the virus or who care for those who …

Column: Forget Trump’s TV speech about the virus. Here’s what he should, and shouldn’t, do
4 years, 9 months ago

Column: Forget Trump’s TV speech about the virus. Here’s what he should, and shouldn’t, do

LA Times  

There really is no serious debate about the steps the Trump administration should be taking to address the novel coronavirus crisis, in terms of both public health or economic relief. There’s also the alarming outbreak of sycophancy among federal officials such as Vice President Mike Pence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield and Surgeon Gen. Jerome Adams, …

Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill From Moving Forward
4 years, 9 months ago

Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill From Moving Forward

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats hoping to pass an emergency paid sick leave bill to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus were stymied by Senate Republicans on Wednesday. “That’s not a choice we should be asking anyone to make in the United States in the 21st century.” Alexander said that paid sick leave is a “good idea.” But if lawmakers …

Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Standoff: Paid Sick Leave, A Payroll Tax Cut — Or Both
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Standoff: Paid Sick Leave, A Payroll Tax Cut — Or Both

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON ― It’s starting to look like a classic standoff between Capitol Hill and the White House: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats insist that a Coronavirus stimulus bill primarily address paid sick leave while President Donald Trump and some Republicans hold strong for a payroll tax cut. The ranking GOP member of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Kevin Brady …

Coronavirus: Unions call for all workers to receive sick pay if outbreak keeps them home
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Unions call for all workers to receive sick pay if outbreak keeps them home

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And the TUC called for an increase in the £94.50-a-week payment, warning that almost half …

About Half Of Working Americans Say They Went To Work Sick In The Last Year
4 years, 10 months ago

About Half Of Working Americans Say They Went To Work Sick In The Last Year

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Roughly half of working Americans say they’ve gone to work sick within the past 12 months, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. Forty-seven percent of Americans who work part- or full-time say they’ve gone to work sick in the last year because they couldn’t take time off or because they felt they shouldn’t do so, according to the …

Sick employees should stay home to fight coronavirus. But many don’t have sick leave
4 years, 10 months ago

Sick employees should stay home to fight coronavirus. But many don’t have sick leave

CNN  

The government is urging people who are sick to stay at home to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. There is no federal law requiring companies to provide paid sick leave and almost a quarter of all US workers don’t get it, according to 2019 government data. “We know that when people go in sick they infect other people and …

Column: If coronavirus sweeps America, blame our brutal work and healthcare culture
4 years, 10 months ago

Column: If coronavirus sweeps America, blame our brutal work and healthcare culture

LA Times  

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar explains to Congress why a COVID-1`9 vaccine, once developed, might not be affordable for all Americans. Messonnier outlined the realities that all but guarantee that COVID-9 will spread within the U.S. A huge proportion of American workers simply don’t have the economic power to stay home, whether to care for family members or …

America's Broken Social Safety Net Can't Withstand The Coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

America's Broken Social Safety Net Can't Withstand The Coronavirus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING One of the best things you can do to fend off the coronavirus is to stay home when you’re sick. “It’s irresponsible not to have everyone have access to paid sick days this year or any year.” Workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South …

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