Paid sick days are key to our long-term health, stability, and prosperity.
Let me start by telling you that I had to give up my job and my healthcare for 6 years when I took care of my mother who had Alzheimer’s Disease. My brother had to quit his job at age 62 to take care of his gay partner of 35 years because the insurance company he worked for had no paid family leave. We both suffered long term affects from these interruptions to our employment.
Health Care must change in this country now! Sick people at work cost businesses an average of $255 per employee per year—far more than the cost of giving people paid time off. Studies show companies who provided paid sick leave to people reported fewer occupational injuries. Not to mention that to no surprise to anyone who has ever been sick, research indicates sick people perform more poorly. Even if they’re no longer contagious, sick employees are just not as productive.
Too often, people think of child care as a “personal issue” - as in an individual personal problem to solve. But the crisis working families are facing is not due to personal failings, but is a larger, systemic problem that needs larger systemic solutions and investments. Prioritizing child care can improve the well-being of our children, our own peace of mind and productivity at work, the care workforce, our communities, and the economy!
Paid leave benefits our economy and helps keep people in the jobs they need so they can care for the families they love without jeopardizing their economic security. Twenty-six million workers currently lack access to paid sick days and that includes 70 percent of the lowest wage earners. The reality is that paid sick days are key to our long-term health, stability, and prosperity. Paid leave saves jobs and lives.
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