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Paid
Sick Days Health Impact Assessment
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The health of all Americans would significantly benefit if
workers earned paid
sick days and used them when ill or when a family member needs
care. However, about 50% of the U.S. workforce do not have
the right to take paid time off from
work when they are sick. The national Healthy Families Act of 2009, the California Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act of 2009 (AB 1000) and other similar bills being considered around the country would guarantee that all workers in the state accrue at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Since the spring of 2008, Human Impact Partners and researchers at the San Francisco Department of Public Health have been conducting Health Impact Assessments of paid sick days legislation, evaluating how it could protect and improve public health. In this work, we synthesize existing public health research on the impacts of paid sick days and conduct original research. The best available public health evidence demonstrates that Paid Sick Days legislation would have significant positive public health impacts. To date, we have worked on:
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| Summary of Findings - The Health Impact Assessment of Healthy Families Act of 2009 |
A copy of the
national Summary of Findings is available here: |
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| Full Report - The Health Impact Assessment of Healthy Families Act of 2009 | A copy of the
full report (2 MB) for the national report is available here: NationalPaidSickDaysHIA_report.pdf |
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| New Findings for
the
California Paid Sick Days HIA (April, 2009) |
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| Summary of Findings - California (2008) |
A copy of the California Summary of Findings is
available here: |
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| Full Report - California (2008) |
A copy of the Full Report (2 MB) for California is available
here: PaidSickDaysHIA_report.pdf. |
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In the News -
Calfornia
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Radio: NPR's Marketplace: “Health bill covers California sick leave” In addition, KQED's California Report covered the story, as did about 300 other radio stations. Newspapers: San Francisco Chronicle: "Bill Would Require Paid Sick Days for Most" Orange County Register: "Paid Sick Days Would Boost Public Health, Supporters Say" Contra Costa Times: "Report: Paid Sick Days a Public-Health Bonanza" Ventura County Star: "Ray of Hope for Workers" Oakland Tribune: "Paid Sick Days Would Be Good Policy, Report Says" San Diego Chronicle: "Poll Shows California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Paid Sick Days Law" San Diego Union-Tribune: "With No Paid Sick Leave, Workers Face Grim Choices" News & Observer (North Carolina): "Too Many Workers Can't Afford To Be Sick" On-line: California Progress Report: "New Study on Public Health Benefits of Paid Sick Leave Just In Time for California Legislation" and "A Health Impact Assessment of the California Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act of 2008 is Our Site of the Day" and "California Paid Sick Days Bill Killed This Year, But Will Be Back Again Next Year" CBS5: "Report Released on Benefits of Paid Sick Leave Bill" Indy Bay Media: “Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act Press Conference” Workers Independent News: "California Study Shows Mandatory Paid Sick Days Would Improve Public Health" California Chronicle: "Poll Shows California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Paid Sick Days Law" DMI Blog: "Are Our (Lack of) Labor Laws Making You Sick? Paid Sick Days & Public Health" Chain Leader: “Ray of hope for workers? Voters believe that paid sick time is 'a basic right'” International HIA Blog: "Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act of 2008 HIA" Monterey County Democrats: "California Paid Sick Days Bill Killed This Year, But Will Be Back Again Next Year" Scripps Howard News Service: "California Might Mandate Paid Sick Days" Television: Univision had a segment on our report on the 11 o'clock news on July 30, 2008 |
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| Fact Sheet - Milwaukee (2008) |
A copy of the 2
page fact sheet prepared for the Milwaukee referendum is available here: MilwaukeePaidSickDaysHIA_FactSheet.pdf. |
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| Contacts |
For more information
about this Health Impact Assessment contact:
http://paidsickdays.nationalpartnership.org/. For more information about the California paid sick days bill, see: http://www.paidsickdaysca.org/. For more information about the Milwaukee paid sick days referendum, see: http://www.9to5.org/sickdays/. |
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