Anyone who's worked in a place where being sick means no pay knows the outcome: people come to work sick, get sicker, stay sick longer, and make other people sick. The researchers used that data from 2003 to 2015 to examine what happened to influenza rates after various locations in the U.S. passed paid sick days laws. The American Academy of Pediatricians -- and many other health care professionals -- agree about the important of a public policy like paid sick days. That pediatrician was rooting for passage of paid sick days so she never had to be in that situation again. I remember Marianne Bellesorte's testimony before the Philadelphia City Council when they were debating passage of a paid sick days ordinance.

Source: Huffington Post August 26, 2016 17:16 UTC