Connecticut Workers Are Getting Paid To Call In Sick, Thanks To A New Law

Teaser:

Connecticut workers ushered in 2012 with a new law that requires most employers in the state to provide workers with paid sick leave.

Editorial:

From Business Insider [1]:

The state's the first in the country to pass such a bill, stirring up new controversy over whether it's fair for businesses to shoulder the burden of sick employees.

Yale [2] Law School professor Adam Cohen argues as much in a recent Time Moneyland post [3], contending it's simply the humane thing to do – for both workers and the general public.

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Source:

Business Insider

URL:

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-controversial-new-law-in-connecticut-forces-businesses-to-pay-employees-for-sick-days-2012-1

Date:

January 10, 2012

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Associated Issues & Expertise:

Business & Entrepreneurship [4]
Caregiving [5]
Disparities & Access [6]
Poverty [7]
Safety Nets [8]
Work - Life Balance [9]
Work:life Balance [10]
Economic Development & Security [11]
Health, Reproductive Rights & Sexuality [12]
Media Roundup [13]
Economic Security [14]

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[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/a-controversial-new-law-in-connecticut-forces-businesses-to-pay-employees-for-sick-days-2012-1
[2] http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/yale-1
[3] http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/09/should-paid-sick-days-be-required-by-law/#ixzz1izTcyT5A
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[13] http://www.ncrw.org/category/media-roundup
[14] http://www.ncrw.org/category/economic-stimulus-package