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.