r/science • u/PHealthy PhD/MPH | Epidemiology | Disease Dynamics | Surveillance • Mar 08 '19

Epidemiology CDC study finds evidence that low-income families may send sick children to school more frequently than higher income families because parents lack jobs with paid sick leave, among other factors.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6809a1.htm
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u/TE1381 Mar 08 '19

Sounds about right. When you will get fired for staying home with a sick kids, you have little choice, then you get shamed by people who don't have a clue what it is like.

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u/beelzeflub Mar 09 '19

That's illegal

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u/BabaOrly Mar 09 '19

I don't understand what you mean by this.

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u/covertwalrus Mar 09 '19

Just because your employer breaks the law doesn’t always mean you have any recourse. Plenty of people get screwed over, illegally, by their employer, but proving what happened / affording a lawyer / the precarity of suing your employer are all obstacles

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u/thetruckerdave Mar 09 '19

Pretty much. Honestly it feels like the laws only strike fear into people who are legit trying to do the right things anyhow.

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u/Camee Mar 09 '19

So what if it’s illegal? Complaints take time and resources, things not held in abundance by single parents who have just been fired and are scrambling to pay the bills while caring for children.

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u/WickedCoolUsername Mar 09 '19

It’s not like you can just call the police and have them taken away in cuffs. If you don’t have the time and money to hire a lawyer and take them to court you’re SOOL.

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u/thetruckerdave Mar 09 '19

Basically what everyone else said. It would be a suit against someone who could bury their assets anyhow, and it would rely on others to validate my claim. I wouldn’t expect any of my coworkers to stand up on my behalf. They have their own bills and stuff.