Sunday, June 21, 2009

Tangental to thinking about sick leave

The real tragedy is that the people who are least likely to be able to afford to lose income are in the jobs that are most likely to not have any provision for paid sick leave. Jobs that pay enough money that you can accrue a bit of savings and if you missed a day's pay it wouldn't be a huge problem are also jobs that are more likely to have paid sick leave or to allow you to massage your schedule a bit for a doctor's appointment.

2 comments:

laura k said...

Yes. It's the same with all benefits, I think. The people who get (eg) prescription coverage can probably afford their prescription meds more easily than all the people who don't have coverage.

impudent strumpet said...

That's true! At minimum wage, you literally cannot afford hardcore prescriptions/glasses/dental. At white-collar salary, you could make it work if necessary.