Working while sick is an American pastime — one that a vicious pandemic, which sickened millions, somehow didn’t disrupt. Over 100 other countries guarantee some form of paid sick leave. Some 33 million Americans don’t have paid sick leave. Low-income workers are far less likely to be able to take time off when they’re sick; just over half of people in the bottom quarter of wages get paid sick leave, compared with 94 percent in the top quarter. In other words, for some people Covid did away with the sick day instead of reinforcing it.

Source: New York Times June 15, 2022 08:55 UTC