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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 03 > Sick workers facing a dilemma: Lose money or endanger others?

Sick workers facing a dilemma: Lose money or endanger others?

Many who don’t get paid sick leave can’t afford to miss work

By Steven Greenhouse / The Bulletin
November 3, 2009

Public health experts worried about the spread of the swine flu, or H1N1, are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness.

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