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Publication Date: February 2007
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Jodie Levin-Epstein
Research Area: Business; Labor
Type: Fact sheet
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Restaurant and hotel workers are typically low-paid employees, and their employers rarely provide them with paid sick days. Instead, these workers are forced to make difficult choices when they or their family members are sick, including coming to work sick--which also presents a public health risk. This fact sheet details both the need for paid sick days for restaurant and hotel workers and some current efforts to ensure that workers have them.