Paid sick day protection is gaining momentum across the United States, with New York City recently passing legislation. Currently, over 2.1 million Americans have paid sick day coverage under existing laws. The article argues that a lack of paid sick days disproportionately impacts low-income families, as a two-child family with one parent earning $10 an hour cannot afford to miss more than three days of work in a month without falling below the poverty line. However, most businesses support paid sick day laws and report little negative impact on profitability.

1. “Paid sick day protection gains
steam across the U.S.”
Nick Tortoriello

2.  NYC adds to the list
 2.1 million Americans covered under current legislation
 A two-child family with a single working parent earning
$10 an hour without paid sick time cannot miss more than
three days of work in a month without falling below the
federal poverty line

3. vs.

4.  Employment
 Unions
 Employee Accountability

5.  More than two in three businesses support the law and six in
seven employers reported no negative impact on profitability
 If all employees used all five paid sick days, the cost to an
employer that had previously not provided paid sick days
ranged by sector from 0.12% to 0.92% of annual sales.