Legislation is changing rapidly with regards to employers being required to provide employees with accrued sick time. It began with city legislation, moved to states such as California, and now requires federal contractors to offer "sick pay". ...
Sick pay is just ONE portion of the overall benefits (primarily health) package. It should NOT be seen/evaluated as a standalone benefit. One can have a below than average number of “sick days” but have a way above average other health benefits...or more than usual vacation leave or ...
Statutory sick pay: how it works.Focuses on the problems of primary care in the inner cities of Great Britain. Survey of central health authorities; Comparison of the characteristics of general practitioners; Intensity of medical manpower problems....
When something is broken, the boldest reforms can often seem the most tempting. Some want to overhaul the NHS’s funding model, switching from a system funded by taxation to one based on social insurance, as in France or Germany. Others mull the case for much wider use of means-tested ch...
How much do you pay each month in late fees on your bills because you can’t find them, your checkbook or even a stamp to mail them? Who is taking care of your home? Often, we think that the solution to our debt problem is for both spouses to work outside the home. At times we...
since undocumented workers have little leverage with employers who violate the regulations of the formal labor market, says Will Wilkinson of the Cato Institute. He believes there needs to be much greater integration in the labor market in North America and policies that give undocumented immigrants ...
About one in five parents stay at home. If they took their skills to the marketplace, they could make much more than the average American. Find out how much.
Being a paramedic is an extremely stressful and emotionally challenging job — you never know what you’ll face when responding to an emergency. Writing for theGuardian, a paramedic working for the NHS says: “4 of the 30 paramedics at my ambulance station have been off with stress over the...
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.This provides unemployment compensation toself-employed workerswho otherwise aren't eligible for state benefits. The amount of compensation depends on the state and how much you earned in your previous employment.
If you are reliant on statutory sick pay in the UK, you currently receive no pay for the first three days you are unwell (although Labour plans to introduce sick pay from day one). You then receive a flat £116.75 per week — just 16 per cent of median weekly earnings for full-time...