June 10th, 2009
Paid Sick Leave : Healthy Families Act (Federal)
On June 11 in the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor, a hearing will be held for House version of the paid sick leave bill called the Healthy Families Act [In the House, it is HR 2460 (Rep. Rosa DeLauro, CT) and in the Senate it is S 1152 (Sen. Edward Kennedy (MA)]. The modest bill would guarantee 7 paid sick days per year for workers at businesses with 15 or more employees, to be used to recover from routine illness, care for a sick family member, or seek services to recover from domestic violence.
The folks at MomsRising.org want you to sign their petition alerting your U.S. Rep and Senators to support the respective bills. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will certainly fight this pro-employee health bill. They will claim it interferes with employers’ ability to “compete.”
Read the related report exposing America’s dismal denial of paid sick leave.
Stay tuned.
Tags: Chamber of Commerce, DeLauro, Healthy Families Act, HR2460, Kennedy, MomsRising, occupational health, S1152, sick leave
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Great blog. Where can I get an attorney in LI New York; that will represnt me on contigency. I am a victim of work place bullying. And currently out on Leave of absence. I gave 20.5 years to my organization. They hired new supervisors and directors that seem to thrive on harrssment and unnecesary disciplines.I took multiple and chronic incidents of harrassment, for six months; then went out sick major depression. Came back after 8 weeks ( transferred out of their team) was donog good until they placed me back on their team purposely.
I was barraged with chronic email and voice mail directives.. My work which I had no problems with for over 20 years was belittled and mocked.
I could not concentrate or cope anymore. I was vomiting. with migraine headaches.My back was out. Could not sleep because of the anxiety of loss of my livlylhood.I am currently out again and now on disability for major depression. Heart disease and acute back problems.
Every month, I have to send Medical Documentation for extension of my leave of absence. I have a year to return to work.. Been out 7 months…Today I recieved a coercive correspondence from my abusers, informing me that if I returned to work to bring a union delegate. I can’t think and nowI feel like I have been punched in my stomach..I had been feeling some relief, but I am back to the sick and hopelessness starter point where I was 6 months ago and feel sick once again.These jackals that have abused me at work are also doing it to other senior employees like me.How ever, I am the black sheep and the others are afraid to fight back. I need an attorney that will take my case..I am tired of this..Someone please help me!! MFC