sick days https://scienceblogs.com/ en Our Washington Post local op-ed: DC meals shouldn't come with a side of the flu https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2013/02/11/our-washington-post-local-op-ed-dc-meals-shouldnt-come-with-a-side-of-the-flu <span>Our Washington Post local op-ed: DC meals shouldn&#039;t come with a side of the flu</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Celeste and I have an op-ed in the Washington Post's local opinion section about DC's paid sick leave law, which contains an exception that's especially problematic during flu season: it doesn't cover tipped restaurant workers. Read "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/your-meal-shouldnt-come-with-a-side-of-the-flu/2013/02/08/44bb83f0-7172-11e2-a050-b83a7b35c4b5_story.html">Your meal shouldn't come with a side of the flu</a>" at the Washington Post's site.</p> <p>And if you want to eat at restaurants where workers have paid sick days (and other benefits many of us take for granted), check out the <a href="http://rocunited.org/dinersguide/">Restaurant Opportunities Center's 2013 Dining Guide</a>, or download the accompanying iPhone or Android app for your city.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/lborkowski" lang="" about="/author/lborkowski" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">lborkowski</a></span> <span>Mon, 02/11/2013 - 04:30</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/infectious-diseases" hreflang="en">infectious diseases</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/leave-policies" hreflang="en">Leave Policies</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/dc" hreflang="en">DC</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/paid-leave" hreflang="en">paid leave</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/restaurant-workers" hreflang="en">restaurant workers</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/sick-days" hreflang="en">sick days</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1872376" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1360661332"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Wonderful op-ed; congratulations! Is there any chance you guys will be attending the "Selling Sickness: People before Profit" conference next week in DC? I would love to get an account of it from some worker health advocates and single-payer supporters.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1872376&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lq8jq9Pd-nP5ZdBrEmzFOREEWfYuHHYPQZlL0NaCZKA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Johanna (not verified)</span> on 12 Feb 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/15388/feed#comment-1872376">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1872377" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1360686993"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In response to the law recently passed in Seattle that employers must allow workers to earn sick leave, one cafe owner posted a sign at the registers that he was charging an extra 1.5% to pay for the sick leave. He stated to local press that he'd never needed sick leave before, and he didn't want his staff taking it now. I was stunned that this guy thinks so little of both his workers and his customers that he would want sick people to come in and sneeze (or whatever) all over people's coffee and sandwiches.</p> <p>If I get sick, even if I don't know where, I don't go our to buy coffee or lunch until I'm better. How are few customers a good thing?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1872377&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="jbuApXM1thhgOWbxkDm38LGeJt9VZAut3SYCGUEiELM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">JustaTech (not verified)</span> on 12 Feb 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/15388/feed#comment-1872377">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/thepumphandle/2013/02/11/our-washington-post-local-op-ed-dc-meals-shouldnt-come-with-a-side-of-the-flu%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:30:34 +0000 lborkowski 61761 at https://scienceblogs.com