Paid Sick Days Improve Public Health by Reducing the Spread of Disease
Contributing Organization(s): Institute for Women's Policy Research
Author(s)/Creator(s): Vicky Lovell
Publishing Date: 2006-02-01
Issue Areas: Employment and Labor; Health and Medicine
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Paid sick days can reduce the spread of disease at work and in child-care settings, creating significant public health benefits and a more productive workforce. That's why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that workers with the flu stay home. Yet many workers cannot do so without losing income or their job.
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