Primer to Support Paid Sick Days Legislation (2009)

These materials are intended to help state and local advocacy groups engage businesses around paid sick days. The primer includes three documents:

• "Paid Sick Days: Reaching Out to Businesses to Say YES to a Level Playing Field" is a guide to assist state and local advocates recruit business leaders, owners and trade groups to help gain support for paid sick days legislation.
• "Advocates' Answers to Businesses' Frequently Asked Questions" provides an overview of the Healthy Families Act and is aimed at dispelling any myths about the legislation.
• "A Comparison of Three Cities' Laws and Pending Federal Legislation" compares paid sick days bills in San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Milwaukee, and the federal Healthy Families Act.

Author CLASP

Date 9/1/2009

To View The Report http://www.clasp.org/issues/pages?type=work_life_and_job_quality&id=0001

Topic: Workplace Accommodation and Family Leave Policies