In news coverage of the Coronavirus, much has been said about paid sick days as a critical missing piece of America’s public health toolkit. Here’s a look at paid sick time – and who does and doesn’t have access to it – in North Carolina. Data courtesy of our friends...
As COVID-19 reached the continental US earlier this week, media coverage almost immediately connected the dots between this potential public health crisis and the myriad shortcomings of our public policy and healthcare system. The lack of a federal paid sick days...
NC leaders did us proud up in DC this week. On Tuesday, the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on “Balancing Work, Health, and Family: The Case for Expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act.” Congresswoman...
Today, the Education & Labor Committee of the United States Congress held a hearing entitled “Balancing Work, Health, and Family: The Case for Expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act.” The hearing dealt with the need to expand the definition of “family” under...
