Philadelphia Earned Sick Days Success Stories

J, an immigrant from Mauritania, works part time for two Philadelphia employers. He also needed a knee replacement. When J’s surgeon told him to bring in any forms so he could claim disability, J assumed that meant there was a disability program in the US that applied to him. After his surgery, he came to the MLCP at HC#3 because they had assisted in getting him on Medicaid and asked for help with getting these forms.

With the help of Philadelphia Legal Assistance, J called each employer and found out that they did not offer disability for their part time workers. His 2-month recovery time was too short to qualify for SSD or SSI, but because of Philadelphia’s sick time policy, he did have that option.

His employers claimed to be unaware of the new sick time law, but they agreed to give him the time he earned when they received more information about it. J was eligible for about a week of pay. It did not cover his entire absence, but it helped.

Have Philadelphia paid sick days helped you? Tell us about it!

Paid Sick Days Access and Usage Rates Vary by Race/Ethnicity, Occupation, and Earnings

From our friends at IWPR:

Analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) finds that four in ten workers in the United States lack access to paid sick days, and among those who do have access, only 55 percent of workers actually used any sick days in the previous year. Inequality in access to paid sick days exists within and across occupations, with supervisors more likely to have paid sick days than non-supervisors. Hispanic, low-wage, and food service and personal care workers are least likely to have access to this important benefit.

Read the report at http://iwpr.org/publications/pubs/paid-sick-days-access-and-usage-rates-vary-by-race-ethnicity-occupation-and-earnings.

फिलाडलफिया शहर के लिये रोग अवकाश का नियम (Philadelphia's Earned Sick Day Laws are now in effect- Hindi)

http://bit.ly/2hMU2j1

फिलाडलफिया शहर में  यदि कोई व्यक्ति एक साल में ४० घंटे से ज़्यादा  का म करता है तो वह अर्जित  या अनरजित रोग अवकाश का अधिकारी है अपने परिवार सदस्य और संवय की देखभाल करने के लिये। यह नियम सुनिश्चित  करता है कि कोई भी अधिकारी (बौस) इस अधिकार का प्रतिकार  नहीं करेगा।

http://bit.ly/2iMg5bo

अर्जित रोग अवकाश अधिकार की गांरटी एक बहुत बड़ा  क़दम है एसे शहर के  निर्माण  के लिये जो सब परिवीरों को जौब  सकयौरटी  प्रदान करेगा और एक एसी इकौनमी जो मेहनत को महत्व  देती है।

 देश के शहरों  में जहाँ जहाँ  यह नियम पास किये गये है वहाँ जौब की बढ़ौतरी पाई गई है। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है कि फिलाडलफिया  की जनता सुख का साँस ले सकती है कि बीमार होने पर उनकी नौकरी सुरिक्षत है।

  कृपया इस नये कार्य  अधिकार को टीवटर या फ़ेसबुक पर  पोसटींगकरे।

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Twitter: @earnedsicktime

La loi donnant droit à l'octroi de congés maladie est entrée en vigueur à Philadelphie!(Philadelphia's New Earned Sick Days Law is now in effect - French)

http://bit.ly/2hPdI91

Si vous travaillez plus de 40 heures par an dans la ville de Philadelphie, vous pouvez bénéficier de congés maladie payés ou sans solde pour raisons personnelles ou familiales. La loi interdit aussi à votre employeur d’exercer des représailles contre vous si vous utilisez votre droit de prendre un congé maladie. Veuillez trouver plus d’information ici.

http://bit.ly/2hOnDxg

Garantir le droit de prendre des congés maladie payés est un énorme pas vers la construction d’une ville qui offrira la sécurité de l’emploi à toutes les familles et une économie qui valorisera ceux qui travaillent dur.

Lorsque d'autres villes à travers le pays ont adopté une loi similaire, elles ont vu une augmentation de leur nombre d’emplois. Nul doute que l’économie de la ville de Philadelphie et nos entreprises en récolteront les mêmes avantages.

Beaucoup de Philadelphiens peuvent respirer un peu mieux sachant que tomber malade ne signifie plus perdre un salaire ou pire un emploi. S'il vous plaît, informez vos amis de leurs nouveaux droits en envoyant un Tweet ou sur Facebook!

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Facebook:PhillyPaidSickDays
Twitter: @EarnedSickTime

http://www.phila.gov/MDO/Pages/PaidSickLeave.aspx

費城帶薪病假法案現已生效！(Philadelphia's New Earned Sick Days Law is now in effect - Chinese)

http://bit.ly/2iW1NoO

如果您在費城工作，每年超過40小時，你有資格獲得帶薪病假或不帶薪病假以照顧自己或家庭成員。本法還可以確保你的老闆不能因為你行使你的權利獲得病假而報復你。在這裡找到更多的資訊。

確保擁有帶薪病假的權利是朝著建設一個提供工作保障給所有家庭的城市，和重視辛勤工作的經濟體的巨大一步。

當全國各地的其他城市通過了類似的法律因此看到了就業增長。毫無疑問，費城的經濟和我們的企業也將獲得同樣的好處。

許多費城民眾在得知生病不再意味著失去他的薪水，或者更糟 - 他的工作時能鬆一口氣。請在推特或臉書上轉告你的朋友們這項新的工作權利！

www.phillyearnedsickdays.com
Facebook: PhillyPaidSickDays
Twitter: @EarnedSickTime

http://www.phila.gov/MDO/Documents/Paid%20Sick%20Leave%20Flyer%20-%20Chinese.pdf
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B71cGLXVNdI9Y0ZDRGY0Z3hGTm8

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В Филадельфии вступил в действие закон о заслуженных больничных днях! (Philadelphia's Earned Sick Day Laws are now in effect- Russian)

http://bit.ly/2j0VLpF

Если вы проработали более 40 часов в год в городе Филадельфия, вы получаете право на начисление оплачиваемого или неоплачиваемого больничного времени в случае заболевания или для ухода за больными членами семьи.

Гарантированное право зарабатывать больничные дни - это огромный шаг в построении города который обеспечивает стабильность для каждой семьи и экономики которая ценит труд.

В других городах, где действуют похожие законы, был замечен рост количества рабочих мест. Не вызывает сомнения что местный бизнес и экономическая ситуация в Филадельфии в целом увидят те же результаты.

Многие жители Филадельфии теперь смогут вздохнуть немного спокойнее, зная, что, заболев, они больше не рискуют потерять зарплату или, того хуже - работу.

http://bit.ly/2ix1oZc

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Facebook: PhillyPaidSickDays
Twitter: @EarnedSickTime

http://www.phila.gov/MDO/Documents/Paid%20Sick%20Leave%20-%20Russian.pdf

필라델피아시에서 병가가 법적인 효력을 갖게되었습니다! (Philadelphia's Earned Sick Days law is now in effect - Korean)

http://bit.ly/2iW107h

http://bit.ly/2ibQWZj

필라델피아시에서 일년에 40시간 이상 일 할 경우 유급 또는 무급 병가를 자신이나 가족을 위해 받을 수 있습니다. 또한 법적으로 직장상사가 병가를 받을 권리를 거부할 수 없습니다.

자세한 내용은 엡사이트를 확인하시길 바랍니다.

병가에 대한 권리 보장은 대단한 발전이며 이를 통해 가족을 위해 직장을 보장받고 또 열심히 일함으로 경제발전에 기여하며 도시를 부흥시키는 계기가 될 것 입니다.

다른  도시에서도 이런 비슷한 법을 통과시켰을 때 많은 일자리가 생겨났습니다. 그래서 필라델피아의 경제 성장에도 기여 할거라 확신하며 우리의 사업에도 많은 유익을 줄 거라 믿습니다.

주변의 친구들에게 이 새로운 권리를 트위터나 페이스북을 통해 많이 알려주길 부탁드립니다.

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Facebook: PhillyPaidSickDays
Twitter: @EarnedSickTime

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B71cGLXVNdI9T2FQN3JHMEdpajQ

Earned Sick Days At Work: Passing the 10 MILLION Mark!

July 1 marked the day that Massachusetts and California implemented the earned sick days bills that were passed in each state last year. These new bills, along with one passed in Oregon and another in Montgomery County, Maryland, brings the total number of locations with earned sick days to 24! That's 24 states, counties and cities that allow their workers to take care of themselves or a loved one without having to sacrifice income or employment.

And just how many people are now covered, you ask? More than 10,400,000 workers now have access to earned sick days nationwide.

The national effort to secure rights for workers and their families have ensured a higher standard of living for many men, women, and children. But our job is far from over! As special interest groups and lawmakers attempt to stop our progress or even take back gained provisions, please continue to support earned sick days and your communities.

Interested in PathWays PA blog posts on similar topics?

• 5/26/15 - Paid Sick Leave for Preventive Health Care and Healthy Lives
• 5/12/15 - Time to Celebrate - Earned Sick Days in Philadelphia Start May 13!
• 5/5/15 - UPDATED: City of Philadelphia Reveals Earned Sick Days Poster

Días Pagados Por Enfermedad vienen a Filadelfia el 13 de Mayo!

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Conoce sus derechos?

El Concejo Municipal aprobó recientemente la legislación diciendo que si usted trabaja* más de 40 horas al año en la ciudad de Filadelfia, usted califica para ganar tiempo por enfermedad para cuidar de usted o su familia.

Si usted trabaja para una empresa con diez o más empleados, usted puede ganar hasta cuarenta horas de tiempo pagado por enfermedad al año.

Si usted trabaja para una empresa con nueve empleados o menos, usted puede ganar hasta cuarenta horas de tiempo por enfermedad no pagado al año.

El proyecto de ley entrará en efecto el 13 de Mayo, 2015.

Si usted apoya esta ley, llame a sus legisladores estatales y dígales que no la revoquen!

Trabajadores en Filadelfia obtienen tiempo de enfermedad ganado!

www.phillyearnedsickdays.com
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Twitter: @EarnedSickTime

http://www.phila.gov/MDO/Documents/Paid%20Sick%20Leave%20-%20Spanish.pdf

Paid Sick Leave for Preventive Health Care and Healthy Lives

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) highlighted some important statistics on the relationship between paid sick leave and preventive health care.

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect in 2010, health care access has opened up to numerous Americans, including low-income earners who were previously uninsured and women seeking preventive care. Unfortunately, too many Americans simply do not have the time to actually receive these services.

More than 40 million workers in the U.S. (39 percent) have no paid sick days and nearly 95 million workers (87 percent) have no paid family leave. 80 percent of low-wage workers earning $15,000 or less per year have no paid sick days.

Work protections such as paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave are crucial for preventive health care, which in turn is key for healthy and safe lives. Routine health checkups and screenings can help prevent or detect early on diseases and other health problems, but a 2015 study found that women without paid sick leave were 12 percent less likely to undergo breast cancer screening than women with paid sick leave.

A similar trend was found with attention to prenatal care. Additionally, about half of Americans who qualify for unpaid job protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) defer or choose to forgo care altogether because the financial cost of taking unpaid time off is too great.

21 jurisdictions have now passed earned sick days laws, but the need for such minimum standards continues.

Join Us for the #PHLSickDays Vote this morning!

This is the last morning people in Philadelphia will wake up without a #PHLSickDays law on the books.

Join us at City Hall starting at 9:45 for our press conference followed by the City Council session.

If you can't be there in person, you can listen to the Council session on 900 WURD or watch at http://vp.telvue.com/preview?id=T01340&video=40960.

Thank you to everyone who made today possible! Check back on Twitter at @Earnedsicktime for updates throughout the day!

Here's What Happened at the Task Force Hearing!

New Poll Shows Voters Want Economic Security, Including Earned Sick Days

A new national poll sampling 1,200 voters from last week's election shows that paid sick days wins in Massachusetts, Oakland, Montclair, and Trenton represent the public's desire for workplace policies that create economic security.

This poll showed that 81% of voters say it is important for lawmakers to consider policies like paid sick days and paid family/medical leave. Here's more on the poll from our friends at the National Partnership for Women & Families:

• Strong support for family friendly policies across party and demographic lines: 96 percent of Democrats, 74 percent of independents, 73 percent of Republicans, 87 percent of women, 75 percent of men, 95 percent of voters under 30, 97 percent of African Americans and 95 percent of Latinos said it is important for lawmakers to consider new family friendly workplace laws.

• Widespread concerns about serious medical or caregiving needs resulting in financial hardship: An overwhelming majority of voters, across demographic and party lines, said they or their families would likely face significant financial hardship if they had a serious illness, had to care for a family member with a serious illness, or had a new child: 66 percent said it is likely, and more than one-third (36 percent) said it is “very likely.”

• Approval of candidates who express support for policies that promote families’ economic security: Nearly two-thirds of voters (64 percent) said that an elected official’s support for equal pay for women, paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave would make them more likely to vote for that elected official, including nearly half (46 percent) who said they would be much more likely to cast a favorable vote.

The poll of 2014 voters was commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families and the Rockefeller Family Fund.

The topline results of the bipartisan poll commissioned by the National Partnership and the Rockefeller Family Fund can be found here: www.NationalPartnership.org/2014ElectionPoll.

A memo summarizing the results of the National Partnership’s candidate website analysis can be found here: www.NationalPartnership.org/2014CandidateWebsites.

Two Quick Updates on Paid Sick Days Across the Country

• A survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute shows that 78% of Americans favor requiring companies to offer paid family leave for childbirth or adoption. The same study shows that 81% of Americans favor requiring companies to offer paid sick days to full-time employees to use when the employees or their immediate family members are ill. 
• A Better Balance has published an updated list of cities and states with earned sick time laws.

City Council to Introduce Resolution to Study Paid Sick Days for All Workers

Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Greenlee will be introducing a resolution on Thursday, September 12, asking the city to study the economic opportunities available to women in Philadelphia.

This resolution is part of ongoing work with elected officials ways to grow the middle class and the economy, including family leave, extending FMLA to siblings, affordable childcare, earned sick days, and equal pay as ways.

If you support this effort, please take a moment to sign on our petition asking Philadelphia City Council members and the Mayor to support earned sick time, and the work-family balance agenda.

Americans Get Fewer Paid Sick Days Than Two Decades Ago

For workers who are fortunate enough to get paid sick days at all, are now getting fewer days from their employers than previous years. While workers are reporting more vacation days in 2012 compared to 1992-1993, the overall number of days available is fewer.

Of course, many workers still don’t have any access to paid sick leave at all: About 40 percent of private sector workers can’t take a paid day off to care for themselves or a family member when illness strikes, including 80 percent of low-income workers.

Cities and states across the country are trying to address this issue, and some have succeeded. New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Washington D.C, Portland, and the state of Connecticut all have laws that require most employees to receive a minimum amount of paid sick days per year.

Efforts in Philadelphia and the states of Massachusetts and New Jersey, among others, are ongoing.

The Latest on Earned Sick Days from Across the Country

Since New York City overrode Mayor Michael Bloomburg's veto to pass earned sick days, more reporters have been covering the topic. Here is some of the latest news:

• For Millions of Workers, Getting Sick Doesn't Pay - "due to the absence of a national policy and because the choice to provide sick leave is mostly left to businesses, an estimated 38 percent of U.S. workers, or almost 40 million, lack any paid sick leave, according to the Center for American Progress."
• Paid Sick Leave Laws Generate Concern, but Not Much Pain - "Six years later, Mr. Stone admits to having been a little alarmist about paid sick leave. “As a small restaurant business, it’s really hard to make money, and when they add another requirement, it makes you nervous,” Mr. Stone said in a recent interview. “But all and all, I actually think it’s a good thing.” "
• Policies to Reduce Influenza in the Workplace: Impact Assessments Using an Agent-Based Model - Conclusions. PSDs reduce influenza transmission owing to presenteeism and, hence, the burden of influenza illness in workplaces.
• Audit of the Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 - The Act neither discouraged business owners from locating in the District nor encouraged business owners to move their businesses from the District.

Join Us For a Twitter Rally!

Join us!

What: Twitter rally for Philly paid sick days
When: 1– 2 pm ET
Where: Tweet from anywhere
Who: We’re targeting the #PhillyCouncil as a whole and particularly Councilmembers Mark Squilla (@cmmarksquilla), Jim Kenney (@JimFKenney) and Dennis O’Brien (@CouncilOBrien). Urge them to vote YES on the override.

Sample tweets (feel free to use these or draft your own personalized ones):
UPDATED 4/10/13 - Find more sample tweets here! Find Twitter handles for all Councilmembers here!

• .@cmmarksquilla 77% of #Philly voters want #PhillyCouncil to override Mayor’s #paidsickdays veto. Do you stand with us? Vote YES on Thurs.
• .@JimFKenney, #Philly voters want #paidsickdays and polling shows they won’t support candidates who deny them. Vote YES on Thurs.
• On Thurs, #PhillyCouncil can stand with workers & families, or with corporate interests. What will you do, @CouncilOBrien? #paidsickdays
• Think #Philly workers deserve to earn #paidsickdays? Call #PhillyCouncil TODAY, tell them to override veto: fb.me/1CInCKC77
• #PhillyCouncil, sick #kids and working parents are depending on you. Please vote to override Mayor’s #paidsickdays veto. #Philly #p2
• I don’t want to get sick because my server couldn’t afford to stay home. #PhillyCouncil please vote for #paidsickdays. #Philly
• 77% of Philly voters want #phillycouncil to override the #paidsickdays veto. Will you stand with voters, @cmmarksquilla?
• 90% of Philly voters support a #paidsickdays law. Will you stand with them, @CouncilOBrien?
• A plurality of voters say they are less likely to vote for a #phillycouncil member who refuses to overturn the mayor's #paidsickdays veto.

Join Us at City Hall Thursday, April 11 for the Paid Sick Days Veto Override Vote!

The Philadelphia City Council will be holding a veto override vote on Councilman Greenlee's paid sick days bill this Thursday. It is our last chance to provide paid sick time to all Philadelphians.

Please come and show your support at City Council beginning at 10AM!

Listen to Marianne Bellesorte ofPathWays PA fight for Paid Sick Days yesterday on WHYY Radio Times!

Call City Council members at: 888-376-5807 to voice your support for the bill. You can also tweet your support at #paidsickdays!

NutterWatch: 6 Days to Keep the Rivalry with New York Going For Philadelphians

On March 14, 2013, Philadelphia City Council passed a bill providing the opportunity for most workers in the city of Philadelphia to earn paid sick days. Mayor Michael Nutter has until April 4, 2013, to sign the bill into law or to let it leave his desk unsigned.

Either choice will pave the way for nearly 200,000 workers in Philadelphia to have access to earned sick days for the first time.

Until April 4, or until the Mayor signs the bill, NutterWatch will be here to give you the latest updates and to share the latest stories. To add your name to a petition asking Mayor Nutter to sign the bill, please click here.

Great picture from http://www.aroundphilly.com/blog/2011/08/03/philly-vs-new-york/

Let me start by saying that all of us in Philadelphia are incredibly proud of the folks in New York City who have finally made earned sick days a reality for their workers. It took a lot of hard work and a lot of compromise, but in 2014, workers in NYC will be able to earn the time they need to care for the families they love.

That being said, there are few rivalries as cherished in Philadelphia as the ones we have with New York. When the Phillies play the Mets, we pack our stadium (and when it is in NYC, we pack theirs). We love to hate the Yankees, the Giants, the Rangers. When we re-signed Cliff Lee, it was incredible - and the signing was made more incredible by the story that he turned down more money from the Yankees to come here.

So are Philadelphians going to let New York City pass an earned sick days bill without Mayor Nutter signing our bill into law? That doesn't sound like the Philadelphia I know and love. If you agree, please take a minute to sign our petition asking Mayor Nutter to make earned sick days a law in Philadelphia.

All kidding aside, congratulations to New York. And Portland, Seattle, Connecticut, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. We can't wait to officially join the list.


In the News

The news today is all about passing earned sick days in New York City. Once again, congratulations to the great advocates, legislators, and workers!


Where in the World is Mayor Nutter?

Mayor Nutter has nothing on his public calendar today. No word on if he plans to celebrate sponsor Bill Greenlee's birthday with him or if he will mark the occasion by signing earned sick days into law!

You can find Mayor Nutter's daily schedule at http://www.phila.gov/mayor/itinerary.html.