United States: companies who contract with the federal government must provide employees with paid sick leave

In the United States, 44 million private sector Americans cannot avail of this right. It is the low paid unskilled employees that bear the brunt. “Right now you have parents who have to choose between losing income or staying home with a sick child,” “Let’s face it — nobody wants a waiter who feels like they have to come to work when they’re coughing, when they’re contagious,” Obama said. “But if they don’t have sick leave, what are they going to do? They have to pay the rent. That’s no good fo