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Title: Access to Paid Sick Time in Dallas, Texas

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Approximately 41 percent of workers in Dallas lack paid sick time, and low-income and part-time workers are especially unlikely to be covered. Access to paid sick time promotes safe and healthy work environments by preventing the spread of illness (Kumar, et al. 2013; Drago and Miller, 2010) and reducing workplace injuries (Asfaw, Pana-Cryan, and Rosa 2012), reducing health care costs (Miller, Williams, and Yi 2011), allowing workers time to visit doctors, and helping working adults fulfill caregiving responsibilities by reducing work-family conflict (Allen, et al. 2014; DeRigne, Stoddard-Dare, and Quinn 2016). This briefing paper presents estimates of access to paid sick time in Dallas by sex, race and ethnicity, employment sector, occupation, part/full-time employment status, and earnings levels through analyses of government data sources, including the 2014–2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS).

Url: https://iwpr.org/iwpr-publications/briefing-paper/access-to-paid-sick-time-in-dallas-texas/

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Authors: Milli, Jessica; Williams-Baron, Emma

Publisher: Institute for Women's Policy Research

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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