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Working families across new Hampshire are nervously watching the flu season, hoping they or a family member will be spared this year. For the 26 percent of new Hampshire workers (excluding the self-employed) who do not have paid sick days, however, a sick child or a bout with the flu forces a difficult decision: stay home and lose wages or possibly even your job, or go to work sick or send your sick child to day care or school and put the health of others at risk. This choice is particularly salient during these times of record high unemployment and job layoffs.1 no one wants to risk appearing less devoted or committed to their job. Workers are all too aware of the instability in the job market, the potential for their employer to be the next casualty in this economic recession, and the long queue of the ready-to-work unemployed. some workers, particularly those in professional or managerial jobs, take their paid sick days for granted. yet nationally, one-third of american workers have no paid sick days for themselves, and even fewer can take paid time to care for a sick child or family member.2 In new Hampshire, workers fare better than workers nationally, yet one-quarter of Granite state workers do not have paid sick days.3 among new Hampshire workers with paid sick days, 22 percent can use it only to care for themselves and not for a family member. Paid sick time is gaining legislative traction locally as well as federally. states are leading the way in considering legislation. Currently, thirteen states—five of which are in new england—have paid sick day legislation under consideration.4 Three municipalities have recently passed such legislation.5 On the federal level, in 2007 Congress introduced the Healthy Families act, which would require employers with fifteen or more employees to provide their full-time workers with up to seven paid days per year, with a prorated amount for part-time workers. The Obama administration has signaled support for a federal sick day mandate as part of an ambitious work-family agenda.6 The new Hampshire legislature took up HB 662 in 2009, a bill that would require employers with ten or more employees to provide up to five sick days, and that includes a provision for part-time workers on a prorated basis.7 The committee has retained this bill for further discussion. national research shows that on average employees miss 1.6 days annually due to illness.8 For the new Hampshire businesses that do not offer paid sick days to their employees, this legislation may represent a short-term cost. However, the long-term benefits to employers who offer paid sick days include reduced contagion among coworkers, increased productivity, and reduced turnover. Many workers do not take unpaid time off when they are sick to avoid loss of income, because they fear losing their job, or to complete pressing work.9 new Hampshire’s economy depends on the overall health of its workforce.

Paid sick time helps workers balance work and family