- Can’t miss work, child sick…, By Suzanne Cassidy, November 29, 2009, Lancaster Sunday News: “If you have a fever, stay home from work. If your kids have a fever, they should stay home from school. That’s what the experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been saying for months, in an effort to wrestle H1N1 influenza into submission. It’s a pretty straightforward message. But for some people, heeding it is anything but simple…”
- Paid sick leave for the worker can benefit all, By Petula Dvorak, December 1, 2009, Washington Post: “The coughing starts in the middle of the night. And while you are watching your child’s poor little body in footed pajamas curl up with every hacking spasm, you are doing the calculations in your head, realizing that you are absolutely hosed if you miss work the next day. I’ve been there so many times. Practically every working parent I know has. Whether it’s a dwindling stockpile of sick days, the risk of no pay, a crucial presentation, a testy boss or a volatile job market deep inside a recession, that bedside decision of whether to stay home with a sniffly kid or send him to school has a new sense of urgency this year. In a world where hand sanitizers and masks are handed out at work and the president has declared H1N1 a national emergency, parents who cannot afford to miss a day of work and send their kids to school despite signs of illness are putting other children at risk…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty