How much sense does this make: Retail and restaurant workers, who come into more direct contact with the average customer than any other job, are the least likely to have paid sick leave as a benefit. Having to choose between showing up to work ill and getting paid for the day is a regular dilemma for the people that handle most of the nations food and products. Thats the kind of thing that makes me sick.
In the last State of the Union address President Obama urged Congress to require more generous leave policies from employers, stressing the importance of a paid sick leave accrual system for the 43 million American workers who dont have one at their current jobs.
