February 2008
California Could Become First in Nation to Guarantee Paid Sick Days for All Workers
California Progress Report, February 29, 2008
Ground-Breaking Bill Would Provide All California Workers with Paid Sick Days
California Chronicle, February 28, 2008
Paid Sick Leave Bill Introduced at State Level
BeyondChron, February 28‚ 2008
Paid Sick Days Bill (audio)
California Report – KQED, February 28, 2008
Paid Sick Days Bill Announced
San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 2008
State Lawmaker Announces Paid Sick Days Legislation
Fog City Journal, February 27, 2008
State Could Require Paid Sick Leave for All Californians (audio)
KCBS, February 27, 2008
Bill Would Require Paid Sick Leave in California
East Bay Business Times, February 27, 2008
Bill Proposed For Mandatory Sick Pay
News 10 ABC, February 27, 2008
Paid Sick Time Proposed For All California Workers
CBS 5 Local News, February 27, 2008
Proposed State Sick Leave Law Follows City’s Lead
The Examiner, February 27, 2008
Poll Shows California Voters Support Paid Sick Days Law
Three in four (73 percent) California voters are in favor of a law allowing all workers to earn paid sick days, according to a statewide survey released on August 5, 2008. The poll was conducted by the Field Research Corporation for the California Center for Research on Women and Families (CCRWF), a program of the nonprofit Public Health Institute. Support for such a law crosses party lines and includes 85 percent of Democrats, 75 percent of non-partisans and 56 percent of Republicans.
CA Paid Sick Days Bill Will Boost Public Health: New Report
A research report released on July 30, 2008 shows that the proposed California paid sick days legislation will have significant positive public health impacts. The report entitled A Health Impact Assessment of the California Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act of 2008 was produced by Human Impact Partners and researchers at the San Francisco Department of Health.
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Valuing Good Health in California: The Costs and Benefits of the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act of 2008
Executive Summary
Full Report
Testimony on the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act
Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH
Online Rally for Healthy Families
Call on Congress to support paid sick days! Share your own story about why paid sick days are important to you and your family!
August 5, 2008
POLL SHOWS CALIFORNIA VOTERS SUPPORT PAID SICK DAYS LAW
Findings follow new research showing positive public health benefits of AB 2716