Abstract The United States does not have a national program to provide job-protected paid
leave to workers when they or a family member are ill or need to seek medical care. Many …

This study examined factors associated with being paid for sick leave after implementation of
the New York City (NYC) paid sick leave law. A random sample of NYC residents was …

Paid sick leave is an important employer-provided benefit that helps people obtain health
care for themselves and their dependents. But paid sick leave is not universally available to …

Background Paid sick leave allows workers to take time off work for personal or family health
needs, improving health and potentially limiting infectious diseases. The US has no national …

A compelling, but unsubstantiated, argument for paid sick leave legislation is that workers
with leave are better able to address own and family member health needs without risking a …

We use employment data from the Current Population Survey to assess the efficacy of state-
mandated paid sick leave policies on leave-taking behavior. We find that these policies …

Objectives. To estimate if Washington State's paid sick leave law increased access to paid
sick leave, reduced employees' working while sick, and relieved care burdens. Methods. I …

Objectives. We examined employers' responses to San Francisco, California's 2007 Paid
Sick Leave Ordinance. Methods. We used the 2009 Bay Area Employer Health Benefits …

Paid family leave policies have the potential to reduce health disparities, yet access to paid
leave remains limited and unevenly distributed in the United States. Using California …

Paid sick leave helps workers recover from illness and manage care obligations and
protects public health. Yet access to paid sick leave remains limited and unequal in the …