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Employees who are sent home because of swine flu or another contagious illness would get five paid sick days under a bill introduced today by U.S. Representatives George Miller and Lynn Woolsey, both Democrats from California. With employers directing sick workers to stay...
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  • News Source: The New York Times | 28 days ago
    Mr. Miller, Democrat of California, voiced concern that more than 40 million workers did not have paid sick days and that many workers coming into contact with public — like restaurant or school cafeteria employees — would go to work with H1N1 and...
  • News Source: Star Tribune | 28 days ago
    People may be able to spread swine flu even after their symptoms have subsided, said new research reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. A study of Air Force cadets who came down with the flu this summer found that a significant...
  • News Source: The Orange County Register | 28 days ago
    Sick workers would be guaranteed up to five paid days off if their boss tells them to stay home because they might be contagious, according to an emergency bill introduced today by two Bay Area Democratic House members. The bill, by Reps.
  • News Source: Palm Beach Post | 28 days ago
    A senior House lawmaker is asking Congress to guarantee paid sick leave to workers if their employer asks them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness. House Education and Labor Committee chairman George Miller says his measure...
  • News Source: Reuters | 28 days ago
    U.S. employers who tell workers to stay home when they are sick will have to give them paid time off for up to five days under new federal legislation proposed on Tuesday. The emergency law would cover pandemic H1N1 flu or any other infectious...
  • News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | 28 days ago
    A senior House Democrat on Tuesday introduced legislation directing employers to pay for up to five days' sick leave for workers they send home because they have contracted the H1N1 virus. House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D.
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  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    A senior House lawmaker is asking Congress to guarantee paid sick leave to workers if their employer asks them to stay home with swine flu or a similar contagious illness.
  • Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
    ... worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for
  • Blog Source: www.southernstudies.org
    Wal-Mart's sick-leave policy conflicts with recommendations for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls on employers to advise workers to be alert for symptoms of flu-like illness and to stay home if they are ...
  • Blog Source: economix.blogs.nytimes.com
    With the H1N1 pandemic raging across the nation, public health experts are voicing concern that many American workers do not receive paid sick leave — and might feel economic pressures to report to work even when they have the flu. This, public
  • Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
    For the 60 million Americans without paid sick leave, calling in sick with swine flu can mean forfeiting pay or even losing their jobs. So instead, many will choose to go to work and spread the disease. ...
  • Blog Source: ny.eater.com
    As it so happens, there is a Paid Sick Leave bill currently before the City Council that requires employers to provide one hour of sick pay for every 30 hours worked, up to 72 hours of leave total. However reps for the New York State ...
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