Toledo School Board President, Steve Steel, Ph. D. on why Paid Sick Days are critical to a positive learning environment at school.
Online DiaryPosted by SickDaysOhio.org on April 3, 2008
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Read a summary of the Ohio Healthy Families Act - it's time for Ohio to value ALL families!
Read the full text (pdf) of the proposed Ohio Healthy Families Act. And download important Petition Return Information for those collecting signatures.
Take care of your sick child... or get paid?
Help your ailing mother... or keep your job?
Stay home because you have the flu... or go to work sick?
These are the kinds of tough choices almost half of hard-working Ohioans are faced with because their employers don't allow them to earn paid sick days.
The Ohio Healthy Families Act is a proposed new state law that would make our state one of the most family-friendly in the nation. The Act would require businesses with 25 or more workers to allow full-time employees to earn 7 paid sick days per year. Part-time workers could earn a smaller, pro-rated number of paid sick days depending on the number of hours they work.
The Healthy Families Act would ensure middle-class workers—the backbone of Ohio's economy—have the opportunity to earn paid sick days. It is a law that values families and makes certain that when you work hard in Ohio, you earn the right to take care of the people who depend on you most.
Although we have been diligent in pressuring the Ohio General Assembly to pass the Ohio Healthy Famlies Act, it increasingly seems clear that we will need to gather signatures to take the bill before the voters in this November's General Election.
Can you gather 100 signatures to help make a difference for Ohio?
We will continue to pressure the Legislature through May 7th. After that, we have just 90 days to gather over 120,000 valid signatures - so we'll need the help of everyone who supports paid Sick Days!
Click here to pledge to be a "super volunteer" and collect 100 signatures!
Fri., Jul. 25, 2008
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Talk with your friends, and neighbors about the importance of Paid Sick Days for working families in Ohio.
Come to the Greene County Fair to collect signatures for the Paid Sick Days Campaign.
Help the Ohioans for Healthy Families collect signatures for the Paid Sick Days Campaign.
Talk with your family and friends about the importance of Paid Sick Days for working people in Ohio.
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