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DMI INJUSTICE INDEX: PAID SICK LEAVE
Rank of “stay home when you are sick” on the list of Centers for Disease Control recommendations for preventing the flu: 2 1
Proportion of employees without paid sick leave who worry that taking time off when they are sick would jeopardize their job: 1 in 3 2
Percentage of employees without paid sick leave who say they cannot afford to take unpaid time off work when they become ill: 58 3
Number of countries that require employers to provide a week or more of paid sick leave annually: 136 4
Number of days of paid sick leave guaranteed by the United States: 0 5
Number of private sector employees in the U.S. without a single paid sick day at work: 46 million 6
Percentage of Americans who agree that employers should be required to provide paid sick days, according to a 2007 poll: 80 7
Proportion of U.S. employees who say they have contracted the flu virus from a sick co-worker: 3 in 10 8
Year in which Pope Gregory the Great urged his people to say 'may God bless you' when a person sneezed to protect the blessed person from death by the bubonic plague: 580 CE 9
Year in which talk radio host Glenn Beck used Senator Barack Obama’s support for paid sick leave as evidence that “Democrats are communist”: 2008 10
Average lost productivity to businesses per employee per year when employees show up to work despite suffering from a respiratory infection: $133.84 11
Cost of one 18.6 oz. can of Campbell’s Chunky Classic Chicken Noodle Soup from FreshDirect, an online grocer: $2.69 12
Maximum number of hours the flu virus remains alive on an inanimate surface like a door knob, office desk or telephone: 8 13
Percentage of food and accommodation workers who don’t have paid sick leave: 86 14
Percentage of New York City restaurant workers who say they had gone to work sick: 52 15
Maximum number of points off a New York City Health Department restaurant inspection for the presence of a worker who “prepares food or handles utensil when ill with a disease transmissible by food': 28 16
Number of points it takes to fail an inspection: 28 17
Number of well-baby check-ups the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends for healthy children during the first year of life: 7 18
Number of workers who do not have paid leave to care for sick children or bring them to the doctor: 86 million 19
Odds that a woman living in poverty loses pay when she stays home from work to care for a sick child: 3 in 4 20
Proportion of the adult U.S. population who currently have some caregiving responsibilities for another adult, such as a disabled or elderly relative: 1 in 5 21
Chances that such caregivers will need to leave work early, arrive to work late or miss work to provide care: 3/5 22
Projected percentage increase in the number of U.S. residents who will be over age 65 – and may be more likely to require care—by 2030: 105.7 23
Original air date of the Cosby Show episode when Dr. Cliff Huxtable stayed home from work to take care of sick daughter Rudy: 12/13/1984 24
Date that San Francisco became the first place in the U.S. to require employers to provide all employees with paid sick leave: 2/5/2007 25
Date of the Drum Major Institute’s next Marketplace of Ideas event, on what New York and the country can learn from San Francisco’s paid sick leave policy: 5/28/08 (please RSVP) 26
Rank of “stay home when you are sick” on the list of Centers for Disease Control recommendations for preventing the flu: 2 1
Proportion of employees without paid sick leave who worry that taking time off when they are sick would jeopardize their job: 1 in 3 2
Percentage of employees without paid sick leave who say they cannot afford to take unpaid time off work when they become ill: 58 3
Number of countries that require employers to provide a week or more of paid sick leave annually: 136 4
Number of days of paid sick leave guaranteed by the United States: 0 5
Number of private sector employees in the U.S. without a single paid sick day at work: 46 million 6
Percentage of Americans who agree that employers should be required to provide paid sick days, according to a 2007 poll: 80 7
Proportion of U.S. employees who say they have contracted the flu virus from a sick co-worker: 3 in 10 8
Year in which Pope Gregory the Great urged his people to say 'may God bless you' when a person sneezed to protect the blessed person from death by the bubonic plague: 580 CE 9
Year in which talk radio host Glenn Beck used Senator Barack Obama’s support for paid sick leave as evidence that “Democrats are communist”: 2008 10
Average lost productivity to businesses per employee per year when employees show up to work despite suffering from a respiratory infection: $133.84 11
Cost of one 18.6 oz. can of Campbell’s Chunky Classic Chicken Noodle Soup from FreshDirect, an online grocer: $2.69 12
Maximum number of hours the flu virus remains alive on an inanimate surface like a door knob, office desk or telephone: 8 13
Percentage of food and accommodation workers who don’t have paid sick leave: 86 14
Percentage of New York City restaurant workers who say they had gone to work sick: 52 15
Maximum number of points off a New York City Health Department restaurant inspection for the presence of a worker who “prepares food or handles utensil when ill with a disease transmissible by food': 28 16
Number of points it takes to fail an inspection: 28 17
Number of well-baby check-ups the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends for healthy children during the first year of life: 7 18
Number of workers who do not have paid leave to care for sick children or bring them to the doctor: 86 million 19
Odds that a woman living in poverty loses pay when she stays home from work to care for a sick child: 3 in 4 20
Proportion of the adult U.S. population who currently have some caregiving responsibilities for another adult, such as a disabled or elderly relative: 1 in 5 21
Chances that such caregivers will need to leave work early, arrive to work late or miss work to provide care: 3/5 22
Projected percentage increase in the number of U.S. residents who will be over age 65 – and may be more likely to require care—by 2030: 105.7 23
Original air date of the Cosby Show episode when Dr. Cliff Huxtable stayed home from work to take care of sick daughter Rudy: 12/13/1984 24
Date that San Francisco became the first place in the U.S. to require employers to provide all employees with paid sick leave: 2/5/2007 25
Date of the Drum Major Institute’s next Marketplace of Ideas event, on what New York and the country can learn from San Francisco’s paid sick leave policy: 5/28/08 (please RSVP) 26
1. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits.htm
2. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealthnews/WSJOnline_HI_Health-
3. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealthnews/WSJOnline_HI_Health-
4. http://www.mcgill.ca/files/ihsp/WFEI2007FEB.pdf
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0. http://www.mcgill.ca/files/ihsp/WFEI2007FEB.pdf
6. http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0006.pdf
7. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealthnews/WSJOnline_HI_Health-
8. http://www.nfid.org/pdf/docs/factsandfigs.pdf
9. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/507908
10. http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/5924/
11. http://healthproject.stanford.edu/publications/health_absence_disability_goetzel.pdf
12. http://www.freshdirect.com
13. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/preventing.htm
14. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B242.pdf
15. http://www.urbanjustice.org/pdf/publications/BKDFinalReport.pdf
16. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/inspect/foodservicescoresheet.pdf
17. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/inspect/foodserviceinfo.pdf
18. http://practice.aap.org/content.aspx?aid=1599
19. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B242.pdf
20. http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&Page
21. http://www.caregiving.org/data/04finalreport.pdf
22. http://www.caregiving.org/data/04finalreport.pdf
23. http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf
24. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0547060/
25. http://www.sfgov.org/site/olse_index.asp?id=49389
26. http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/events/unique_event.php?ID=52
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2. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealthnews/WSJOnline_HI_Health-
3. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealthnews/WSJOnline_HI_Health-
4. http://www.mcgill.ca/files/ihsp/WFEI2007FEB.pdf
5.
0. http://www.mcgill.ca/files/ihsp/WFEI2007FEB.pdf
6. http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0006.pdf
7. http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/wsjhealthnews/WSJOnline_HI_Health-
8. http://www.nfid.org/pdf/docs/factsandfigs.pdf
9. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/507908
10. http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/5924/
11. http://healthproject.stanford.edu/publications/health_absence_disability_goetzel.pdf
12. http://www.freshdirect.com
13. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/preventing.htm
14. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B242.pdf
15. http://www.urbanjustice.org/pdf/publications/BKDFinalReport.pdf
16. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/inspect/foodservicescoresheet.pdf
17. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/inspect/foodserviceinfo.pdf
18. http://practice.aap.org/content.aspx?aid=1599
19. http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B242.pdf
20. http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&Page
21. http://www.caregiving.org/data/04finalreport.pdf
22. http://www.caregiving.org/data/04finalreport.pdf
23. http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf
24. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0547060/
25. http://www.sfgov.org/site/olse_index.asp?id=49389
26. http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/events/unique_event.php?ID=52
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Past Installments of DMI Injustice Index
DMI INJUSTICE INDEX: PAID SICK LEAVE (May 2008)
The Drum Major Institute 2007 Injustice Index (December 2007)
The Drum Major Institute 2006 Injustice Index (January 2007)
The United Estates of America (June 2006)
The Drum Major Institute 2005 Injustice index (December 2005)
Hurricane Katrina (September 2005)
The American Worker (May 2005)
The Drum Major Institute 2004 Injustice Index (December 2004)
You Go Girl! (July 2004)
Pomp and Circumstance (June 2004)
The Black Middle Class (May 2004)
The Apprentice (April 2004)
Climbing the Ladder (March 2004)
White Collar Wonders (February 2004)
The Drum Major Institute 2003 Injustice Index (January 2004)
Children … Next (November 2003)
A Taxing Affair (October 2003)
Rich Man's Justice, Poor Man's Justice (September 2003)
Independence Day (July 2003)
The Gay and Lesbian Family (June 2003)
Criminal Injustice (March 2003)
Family Values (February 2003)
The 108th Congress (January 2003)
Shelter (November 2002)
Choices (September 2002)
States of the Union: Six Snapshots of America (January 2002)