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CDC finds workers with paid sick days are more likely to get tests that detect cancer early. Using data from 2008 when 38% of the U.S. working population did not have access to a single paid sick day (43 million workers), researchers examined whether access to paid sick days was associated with a higher likelihood […]
Paid time off from work to recover from illness, care for a sick child, or see a doctor is a prerequisite for healthy workers and businesses, public health, family economic security, and even children’s success in school. Yet four in ten workers get no paid sick leave – including many restaurant, grocery, and health care […]
