Paid Sick Leave

Banks Denying VA-Backed Mortgages

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Housing Administration, Shared-Work-Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Subprime Mortgages, Bearing Witness 2.0, Paid Sick Leave, Bearing Witness, Veterans, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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City Council and Bloomberg Need to Act Now to Avoid a Public Health Crisis

John Petro | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Paid Sick Leave, Gale Brewer, New York City, New York H1n1, Swine Flu, New York Swine Flu, H1n1, New York City Council, New York News

Last Thursday a bill was introduced by council member Gale Brewer that would guarantee every worker in the city paid sick days. Now that the bill has been introduced, it needs to be passed.

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Don't Want Swine Flu with Lunch? Then Offer Paid Sick Leave

Steven Hill | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Paid Sick Days, Congress, Paid Sick Leave, Health Care, Paid Family Leave, Barack Obama, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Swine Swine Flu Mexico, Delauro, Business News

The spread of the H1N1 virus has prompted Obama to urge workers with flu symptoms to "stay home." But for far too many Americans, that is easier said than done.

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Rosa DeLauro: Swine Flu "Looming Large" Behind Sick Leave Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rosa DeLauro, Paid Sick Leave, Sick Days, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Outbreak, Sick Leave, H1n1, Politics News

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced a bill this week that would allow American workers to earn up to seven paid sick days a year. A study released ...

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Corruption Is Dangerous to Your Health

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paid Sick Leave, Corrupt Congress, Bank Lobby, Workers, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Republicans, Workers Rights, Politics News

In area after area, Americans are suffering from the accumulated corruptions of our moneyed politics.

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Lack of Sick Leave Legislation Is Getting Old, and So Are Your Parents

Yelizavetta Kofman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Melton v. Farmers Insurance Group, Paid Sick Leave, Healthcare, Health, Living News

At the end of the day, if I was in the position of having to care for a sick parent I would want the option of leave and of an alternative work arrangement -- wouldn't you?

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