From USA Today: Taking U.S. pulse on paid sick leave
Natalie Ferrell-Albright was a bank teller when her daughter had a severe asthma attack. When she called work to say her daughter had to go to the hospital, the Cincinnati woman was told her sick days applied only to her, not her children.Front Page, NewsThe single mom did what she had to do and took her daughter to the hospital, but the incident still rankles her five years later. "I know too many people who are forced to choose between their health or their family and a paycheck," says Ferrell-Albright, 53, who has since left her bank job.
Ferrell-Albright is on one side of an emerging debate as an effort to make paid sick leave a right for every worker gains ground in state legislatures and Congress. Proposals have been introduced in Ohio and at least 12 other states, and work is underway to put the issue on the ballot in several states next November.
Posted by SickDaysOhio.org on November 13, 2007
Comments
Posted by steve at December 12, 2007 6:11 PM
i think every body should get payed sick days
Posted by Judith Ann Oddi at December 22, 2007 6:17 PM
This is a law that should have been in place many years ago.
This a law that is needed by the working person.