Marketplace of Ideas: Paid Sick Leave with Sara Flocks
28.05.2008 - 08:00
28.05.2008 - 10:00
Join us on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 as the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy hosts the latest installment of our 'Marketplace of Ideas' series featuring Sara Flocks, Co-Founder of Young Workers United.
In 2007, San Francisco became the first place in the nation to guarantee paid sick days to every person employed full- or part-time in the city. Sara Flocks and her organization, Young Workers United, led the successful effort to pass the law by ballot proposition. Under San Francisco’s law, employees may use the leave for personal illness or to care for a sick family member. The policy is projected to increase workplace productivity, decrease employee turnover and reduce the spread of disease. Following San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation policy, Washington D.C. also mandated paid sick leave in 2008 and Congress is considering a bill to establish a national paid sick leave policy.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008
8:00-10:00 a.m.
The Harvard Club
35 West 44th Street (bet. 5th & 6th Avenues)
light breakfast will be served
Space is limited. Admission is free. RSVP and registration are required.
Please RSVP by email to dmi@drummajorinstitute.org or by phone to 646.274.5700.
