Paid Sick Days - California

Every day, millions of California’s workers are forced to choose between a paycheck and caring for their own health and/or a sick family member.

In 2006, San Francisco became the first city in the entire country to provide a minimum number of paid sick days for all workers – for their own illness and/or to care for an ill family member. Now, it is time for California to take the next step and bring paid sick days to all workers in the state.

Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) has introduced the California Paid Sick Days bill (AB 2716) that could make California the first state in the nation to guarantee a minimum number of paid sick days for all workers to take care of themselves or sick family members.

The California Work and Family Coalition invites you to join the California Paid Sick Days Campaign to help workers and their families take care of their health when they are sick.

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The California Paid Sick Days bill is co-sponsored by the California Labor Federation and California ACORN and is supported by the California Work and Family Coalition and public health advocates.

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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
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Testimony on the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act
Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH

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August 5, 2008

POLL SHOWS CALIFORNIA VOTERS SUPPORT PAID SICK DAYS LAW
Findings follow new research showing positive public health benefits of AB 2716

The California Work and Family Coalition, a coalition of unions and community based organizations which helped pass Paid Family Leave in California, is working on a campaign for Paid Sick Days in California to allow workers to take paid sick days for themselves or to care for a sick family member. For more information, contact us at (510) 643-7088 or info@paidsickdaysca.org.