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Paid Sick Days BIll Returns (Chrstine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie)
For the second year in a row, state Sen. Edith Prague, D-Columbia, a dozen other Democratic legislators, along with the Working Families Party, are trying to pass legislation that forces companies with more than 25 employees to give their workers a chance to earn up to 6.5 sick days a year.
“We need to treat people like they’re human beings,” Prague said at an afternoon press conference.
Capitol Briefs (State AP Wire)
HARTFORD, Conn. - A contingent of state Democrats and labor activists are resurrecting a proposal that would make sure working people in Connecticut earn paid sick days.
"Not having sick days seems to affect people on the lower end of the pay scale," said Jim Vigue, president of the Connecticut United Auto Workers community action council. "These people have to make a choice of not buying groceries that week or not paying their rent."
McKinney Proposes Tax Credit for Healthy Living as Dems Again Seek Paid Sick Days (Brian Lockhart, Stamford Advocate)
Theresa Younger, executive director of the state's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, said she hopes Republicans who support preventive care will vote for paid sick leave.
"The person who can't take time off when their child is sick is the same person who can't take time off for a mammogram," Younger said.
