California Labor Federation Releases Report On Value Of Paid Sick Days (uses U.S. Bureau of Labor #s

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8298

By Doug Cunningham

The California Labor Federation is releasing a new study today that it says shows paid sick days benefit employers as well as workers. Nearly six million California workers – one in six –have no paid sick days. The California Labor Federation says the new study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows tremendous benefits for employers when paid sick days are provided to workers. The study uses U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic numbers to evaluate the impact on California employers if paid sick days are guaranteed by law to all the state’s workers. The Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces act before the state legislature there would do just that.