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On the recordJuly 29, 2014
Not only is it the right thing to do to allow people to have a minimal number of days in which they are paid to stay home when they're sick, but it's also a pretty good business practice to make sure that you don't have really sick people showing up and making everybody else sick.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy advocates for paid sick leave as both ethical and beneficial for business.

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