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Millions of workers can’t afford to get sick and lose days’ pay because in the US there isn’t a paid sick leave federal law. Even missing a few hours of work may be strongly felt at the end of the month. Even President Obama noticed the issue and is willing to solve it: "Today, we are the only advanced country on Earth that doesn't guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave — 43 million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home." The only federal law that regulates sick leave is the Family and Medical Leave Act, that excludes millions of workers: those who work for companies with less than 50 people, those hired for less than an year and those who work less than 25 hours a week.
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40 Percent of America’s Workers Have No Paid Sick Days
https://news.vice.com/article/40-percent-of-americas-workers-have-no-paid-sick-days-but-the-tide-is-starting-to-turn -
Sick Leave
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/sickleave.htm -
38 Percent Of U.S. Workers Have No Paid Sick Leave
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/paid-sick-leave-us-workers-_n_3562419.html