Paid Sick Leave For Workers SAVES YOUR LIFE.
Need I say more?
Plus, given that the federal minimum wage for tipped workers has been stuck at just $2.13 an hour since 1991,two-thirds of our nation's cooks and servers and bussers report they cannot afford to stay home when they're sick, because they won't get paid and might even lose their jobs.
A 2011 study by the CDC found that 12% of almost 500 food service workers surveyed had experienced vomiting and diarrhea on two or more shifts in the previous year. What's more disgusting than that? That restaurant owners essentially force employees to come to work sick because they don't have paid sick days.
This month, 1.2 million people in England suffered from norovirus,also known as the "winter vomiting bug." Norovirus is commonly contracted through contaminated food.
In 2009, a bartender with swine flu worked for several days at a Washington hot spot because, he told me, he couldn't afford to not go to work...
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