Topic of the Week
Am I Entitled To Sick Leave?
Contrary to popular belief, there is no general legal requirement that employers give employees sick leave. While most employers do in fact give employees some paid time off each year to be used for sick leave, the law does not require employers to do so
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Blog of the Week
Millions of People Can’t Pay Rent Tomorrow. Here’s How Some Are Organizing.
As April 1 looms and the first rent payment since the start of the coronavirus pandemic becomes due, countless people wonder how they’ll be able to afford to pay. Since the start of the coronavirus crisis, millions have had their hours cut, been furloughed, or laid off. A whopping 3.3 million have applied for unemployment benefits, and some say the unemployment rate could reach 30%. To put that in perspective, the unemployment rate during the Great Depression was 25%.
Thought for the Week
"Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline."
–Madeleine M. Kunin
List of the Week
from National Compensation Survey
U.S. workers and paid sick leave
- 24% of U.S. civilian workers, or roughly 33.6 million people, do not have access to paid sick leave
- 92% of workers in the top quarter of earnings (meaning hourly wages greater than $32.21) have access to some form of paid sick leave
- Among the lowest-earning tenth – those whose wages are $10.80 an hour or less – just 31% have paid sick leave
Top Five News Headlines
- Worried about paying rent on April 1? What states are doing, and not doing, to help
- Working from home? You are probably being spied on by your boss
- To Stay Competitive, Companies Rely On Jobs To Upskill Their Workforce
- What Your Coworkers Need Right Now Is Compassion
- 'Essential' Child Care Workers Struggle To Balance Family Needs, Safety
