"People need time to recharge their batteries."
"Finally, the study finds that parents who had paid time off are more than five times more likely to care for their sick children."
"Almost half of our nation's working mothers report that they must miss work when a child is sick--but 49 percent of those mothers do not get paid when they miss work to care for a sick child."
"Our failure to guarantee a minimum standard of paid sick days is a significant public health concern, as we witnessed during the H1N1 virus outbreak."
"The new study finds that guaranteed paid sick days would reduce the spread of pandemic and seasonal flu."
"Paid sick days are good for business."
"we are the only one that doesn't have laws that require either paid time off short-term, long-term."
"these policies save businesses money, and that the cost of presenteeism... well exceed the cost of absenteeism."
"there is ample evidence that we are headed toward a workforce shortage."
"we can figure out a way to move ourselves forward into the 21st century in a way that can work for both employers and employees."
"women are not asking, women are demanding, work-life balance."