Desperate employees come to work sick
Published: Nov. 3, 2009 at 7:52 AM WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Employees who do not get paid for sick days are reporting to work ill, raising fears they could be spreading the H1N1 flu virus, U.S. health officials say. Workers... [read full story]
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Staying Home When You Need To
This seems so logical it is hard to argue against it. It's too bad that the fear of an epidemic is spurring a sensible policy : In an effort to rein in the spread of the H1N1 flu, Representative George Miller, the chairman of...
Wal-Mart: Working hard to infect America
Mary Kane writes in the Washington Independent : During the summer, when swine flu was not yet a widespread reality in the United States, giant retailer Wal-Mart made the news for being in talks with the government about...
Capitalism vs. the Flu
The Baseline Scenario submits: By James Kwak In a free market, companies should be allowed to decide whether or not to offer paid sick leave to employees. At the margin, employees who value paid sick leave will flow to...
House Bill Would Assure Workers Paid Sick Days
In an effort to rein in the spread of the H1N1 flu, Representative George Miller, the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced legislation on Tuesday that would guarantee five paid sick days for workers...
House Holds Hearing on Federal Response to H1N1
A House committee looks into the federal response to the H1N1 virus at a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can expect some tough questioning about the availability of...
Coughing, aching, sniffling: Flu and other bugs bite early this season
By CHARLES OWENS Bluefield Daily Telegraph In some ways it resembled one of those horror movies you see on television. Nope, it wasn’t the best of times to visit the doctor’s office. The H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the...
House holds hearing on response to H1N1
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 at 6:49 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee looks into the federal response to the H1N1 virus at a hearing today on Capitol Hill. The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can...
No more young visitors at Rush
Starting today, Rush University Medical Center is no longer letting kids younger than 16 visit hospitalized patients, in an effort to stem the spread of H1N1 swine flu. Children are among those most at risk.
Only idiot libbers could make this stuff up!
Here's the headline: Proposed law would require pay for sick workers Here's the story (all emphasis is mine): WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers who tell workers to stay home when they are sick will have to give them paid...
Miller introduces urgent H1N1 legislation
Employers who send their workers home with the flu will have to offer up to five paid sick days under legislation introduced Tuesday by Rep. George Miller, D-Solano. The Emergency Influenza Containment Act targets low-income...
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