“I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.” BelieveI BelieveSickPaidVery StrongSick Leave Author:Carolyn Maloney
“God knows, people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp-following eunuchs of literature.” PeopleKnowsLiteratureAttitudeCriticismSickPaidCriticsFollowingCampsGod KnowsEunuchs Book:The Good Life According to Hemingway Source: The Good Life According to Hemingway
“I am sick of war. Every woman of my generation is sick of war. Fifty years of war. Wars rumored, wars beginning, wars fought, wars ending, wars paid for, wars endured.” YearsWarGenerationsSickPaidFiftyMy Generation Book:The Inland Island Source: The Inland Island
“Workplaces need to respond to the reality of family life in the 21st century, and allowing employees to have seven sick days a year is a bare minimum, the fact that the United States is one of just a handful of countries that does not require paid family or sick leave is nothing short of shameful.” LifeNeedsYearsDoeCountryStatesFactsRealityUnitedUnited StatesCenturySickPaidSevenEmployeeAllowingMinimum21st CenturyWorkplaceHandfulFamily LifeShamefulSick DaysSick Leave Author:Rosa DeLauro
“There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.” WayGivingCareValuesHoursSimpleEconomicAmountTaxesSickPaidGenderFlexibleGender EqualityEconomic ValueSick Leave Author:Gloria Steinem
“Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.” PeopleHas BeensDoneCareAbleJobsYoungTermDealsClassMiddleCollegeTrainingFairsSickPaidRaisesFocusedMiddle ClassPushingMinimumGood JobAffordableMinimum WageAffordable Care ActJob Training Author:Barack Obama
“I want us to do more to support people who are struggling to balance family and work. I've heard from so many of you about the difficult choices you face and the stresses that you're under. So let's have paid family leave, earned sick days. Let's be sure we have affordable child care and debt-free college.” PeopleWantChildrenCareFacesChoicesDifficultSupportStruggleHeardCollegeBalanceSickStressPaidDebtWant UAffordableChild CareDebt FreeDifficult ChoicesSick Days Author:Hillary Clinton
“I would say one thing people need to do - and his is how Roosevelt's New Deal began - let us go back to cities and states where we can, build emblematic progressive reforms, like the Fight for 15 minimum wage, paid sick leave, things that improve the conditions of people's lives and that drive them into a national message.” PeopleNeedsStatesFightingDealsCitiesOne ThingConditionsMessagesSickPaidReformProgressiveMinimumMinimum WageNew DealSick Leave Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Most of my life, everybody made more money than I did at the places I worked. In fact, when I've been an employee, I have never been anywhere close to being the highest paid person there, never. I was working hard. I was working hard. I was doing things I didn't want to do, that I thought I should do. I was getting up every day, going to work, did not phone in sick. Striving. Trying to get ahead, you know, doing what Obama says, working hard and applying myself and trying to get ahead. There was always somebody, there were always a lot of people that earned more than I did.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldTryingPersonsMadeHardFactsHighestSickPaidStrivePhonesEmployeeMore MoneyGoing To WorkGet Ahead Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days.” NeedsCareSickPaidHealth CareEmployeeSick Days Author:Michael Moore
“When you're a professional you do your job no matter what gets in the way. You might take a sick day, you might take a personal day, but then you show back up or you won't get paid. Everyone develops his/her own strategy for dealing with days that are not productive.” WayMatterShowsMightJobsSickPaidNo Matter WhatStrategyProductiveSick Days Author:Charlaine Harris
“Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.” IfsCareChristHealingAttentionSickPaid Author:Benedict of Nursia