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

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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.

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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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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

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.

Sick with the Flu? Stay Home...But How?

Story after story carries the common-sense recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that people who are feeling sick should stay home. The CDC includes this as a foremost component of flu treatment and prevention.

But what many don't realize is that staying home when you're sick is a privilege in this country -- one that more than 40 percent of the private sector workforce does not have because no matter how long they hold their jobs or how hard they work, they can't earn a single paid sick day. Millions more can't earn any paid sick days to use to care for a sick child or family member.

During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, an estimated 7 million people in the United States caught the flu from their co-workers. And according to the American Journal of Public Health, people without paid sick days were at greater risk of being exposed to the virus.

We can't prevent the flu, but we can slow the spread of contagion and prevent low-income families from facing impossible choices when the flu or other illnesses strike. Please share this with your friends and families and ask them to call their City Councilmember or Congressional Representative to discuss the need for earned sick days.