Valuing Good Health in California: The Costs and Benefits of the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act of 2008

Vicky Lovell, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2008)
Lovell’s new study uses data collected by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Health and Human Services, California Employment Development Department and US Census Bureau to evaluate the likely impact of California’s paid sick days legislation AB 2716.  The study finds that AB 2716 will have real benefits for both employers and working families in California.

Here’s a Tip…When Restaurant and Hotel Workers Don’t Have Paid Sick Days, It Hurts Us All
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy (2007)
Levin-Epstein’s report examines the public health risks associated with the lack of paid sick days among low-wage accommodation and food industry workers.  She argues that providing paid sick days for workers in all sectors would not only benefit workers’ health and their families, but public health, as well.

NO TIME TO BE SICK: Why Everyone Suffers When Workers Don’t have Paid Sick Leave
Vicky Lovell, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2004)
Lovell’s groundbreaking research investigates the availability of paid sick days in the U.S. by industry and demographic categories. Lovell finds that nearly half of all private-sector workers do not have a single paid sick day, and examines the ramifications for workers, families, businesses, and communities.