- A Better Balance sick leave fact sheet

          - Fact sheets on paid sick days in NYC: 

                      - A Better Balance fact sheet on paid sick days in NYC

                      - Paid sick days benefit children and families

                      -  Paid sick days good for public health

                      -  Top ten reasons to support paid sick days

POLLING DATA

A national poll by Celinda Lake, sponsored by the National Partnership for Women & Families and the Multi-State Working Families Consortium, revealed that there is overwhelming public support for paid sick days.   Key findings include:

* Nine in 10 voters strongly favor a basic labor standard to guarantee a minimum number of paid sick days to all workers to care for themselves or immediate family members.   

* Voters support paid sick days for all workers, which includes pro-rating the number of days that part-time workers receive. 

* Voters don’t want small businesses, with fewer than 15 employees, to be exempt from paid sick days laws.   

* Seven in 10 voters believe that part-time employees should be covered by paid sick days policies, though they should be included on a pro-rated basis. 

 According to a new survey by the National Opinon Research Center, more than three-quarters of workers polled view paid sick days as a basic right of employment that should be gauranteed by government.  For a full report of the poll results, please click here. 

OTHER RESOURCES

 - Interview with Sherry Leiwant in Sloan Work and Family Network News

- Multi-State Working Families Consortium

-  National Partnership for Women and Families