(Sorted by Subject)
General Information
- Paid Sick Days: Measuring the small cost for Connecticut businesses (March 2011)
- Access to Paid Sick Days Less Common Among Workers of Color (March 2011)
- San Francisco’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: Outcomes for Employers and Em ployees (Feb 2011)
- Nearly Three-in-Four Workers Go to Work When They are Sick, Careerbuilder Study (Jan 2011)
- IWPR, 44 Million U.S. Workers Lacked Paid Sick Days in 2010: 77 Percent of Food Service Workers Lacked Access
- Paid Sick Days Protect the Economic Security of Working Families (Dec 2010)
- Busting the Myths about Paid Sick Days (Dec 2010)
- Everyone Gets Sick. Not Everyone Has Time to Get Better. A Briefing Book on Establishing a Paid Sick Days Standard. (Nov 2010)
- Valuing Good Health in Connecticut: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days (April 2010)
Health & Health Care
- Serving While Sick: High Risks and Low Benefits for the Nation’s Restaurant Workforce, and Their Impact on the Consumer (Sept 2010)
- Paid Sick Days Can Help Contain Health Care Costs (April 2010)
- Paid Sick Days and Restaurant Jobs: The Evidence from San Francisco (April 2010)
- Sick at Work: Infected Employees in the Workplace During the H1N1 Pandemic (Feb 2010)
Women’s Issues
- Paid Sick Days and Women (2010)
- Paid Sick Days & Pregnant Women (2010)
- Paid Sick Days Benefit Women with Children (2010)
- Paid Sick Days Benefit Women Caring for Elderly Relatives (2010)
- Women and Paid Sick Days: Crucial for Family Well-Being (2007)
Businesses
- Paid Sick Days: Good for Businesses, Good for Workers (Dec 2010)
- Paid Sick Leave Does Not Harm Business Growth or Job Growth (October 2010)
- Why Your Company Needs Paid Sick Leave
Public Opinion
- Polling memo and top findings (CT specific, released in 2008)
- Paid Sick Days: Attitudes and Experiences. National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago for the Public Welfare Foundation Publication, June 2010
Additional Resources:
- 9to5, the National Association of Working Women
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research
- PaidSickDays.org (National Partnership for Women and Families)
- Progressive States Network
- Women Legislators Lobby