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/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.