Support the Healthy Families Act
March 15, 2007---This month, Senator Kennedy and Representative Rose DeLauro reintroduced legislation that would require employers to provide a minimum of seven paid sick days a year. Workers shouldn�t have to choose between their family and a paycheck. Yet the majority of middle-income workers cannot rely on paid leave, and 3 out of 4 low-wage workers have no paid sick leave.
Find your Rep. and email address at
www.house.gov and your Senator at
www.senate.gov and ask them to support this important legislation.
KEY POINTS ABOUT THE HEALTHY FAMILIES ACT
(S.910, H.R.1542)
1) Creates a minimum number of paid sick days for workers who have employers of 20 or more employees.
2) Guarantees seven paid sick days a year to full-time workers, and is pro-rated for part-timers working 20 hours or more (or 1000 hours annually).
3) Paid sick days can be used to care for your own illness or physical or mental condition, to obtain a medical diagnosis, a related treatment, or preventive care, or to care for a family member for any of the above reasons.
