About 36 percent of workers in the county
lack paid sick time, and the committee says low - income and part - time workers are especially unlikely to be covered.
Not exact matches
«I think economic inequality is shameful — both
pay inequality, and the
lack of
sick time and support systems for low income women with children.»
«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part -
time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including
lack of a pension,
paid vacation and
sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.
De Blasio said the new legislation will give and additional 500,000 New Yorkers access to
paid sick time that they currently
lack.
The answer: The relative
lack of workplace «packages» of policies such as
paid sick time,
paid vacation, flexible work hours and
paid maternal or parental leave, said co-researcher Matthew Andersson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University and formerly a researcher at Yale University's Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course.
«Women with children are often excluded from full participation in the labour market due to challenges in balancing work and family life, or they work part -
time, which often means lower wages and fewer benefits, including
lack of a pension,
paid vacation and
sick leave, as well as less job stability,» the document states.