Why The US Urgently Needs Paid Sick Leave

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Why The US Urgently Needs Paid Sick Leave
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Here's why the US urgently needs paid sick leave:

. While his focus seems to be on shoring up industry and tax cuts, the proposal from the Democrats is more focused on the more human aspects of relief—being able to stay home when you have a family member requiring care or are ill.

What happens if employees are “only” quarantined and unable to work. Who will compensate them? Will they be replaced for having missed too much work? If employees such as teachers or hospitality workers, who will be at high risk of a coronavirus infection become ill, their treatments and hospitalizations probably wouldn’t be covered by Worker's Compensation, so they would be dependent on having adequate healthcare insurance to pay the costs of their illness. This is another example of why I support universal health care coverage.

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