Everyone in Connecticut deserves to be able take a sick day when they need it. I want my legislators to support Paid Sick Days.
Everyone gets sick. But for too many workers, losing a day's pay (or even a job) is as easy as catching a cold. The alternative isn't much better: people go to work sick and spread illness to co-workers and the public. Enacting paid sick days as a basic workplace standard is an important public health reform -- and even more so in tough economic times like these. (Read more.)
Last year, the Connecticut General Assembly came within inches of passing legislation that would have allowed hundreds of thousands of Connecticut workers to earn paid sick time.
We will continue to provide resources and education about this important public health and economic security policy.
This was 'not the year' for sick leave bill (New Haven Register)
Paid Sick Days Benefit Workers, Employers (Connecticut Post Op-Ed)
Benefits Businesses (New Haven Register Op-Ed)
Staying Home Isn't Always Possible (Hartford Courant Op-Ed)
Sick and Fired (Hartford Advocate)
Food Workers Sick Pay Would Serve the Public (Susan Campbell Courant Column)
Paid Sick Leave Gains Support (CT Post)
Download and share: 4 Big Reasons to Support Paid Sick Days Legislation
Everyone Gets Sick, Not Everyone Has Time to Get Better (pdf)
An economic impact analysis and report by the National Partnership for Women and Families.
4 Big Reasons to Support Paid Sick Days (pdf)
Download and share this flyer about why people are supporting paid sick days.
Polling memo (pdf) and top lines (pdf)
Public opinion polling by Bannon Communications Research on
paid sick days legislation in Connecticut.
