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Aug26Calling All Detectives…
Tonya

My son really loves puzzles these days. We spend an inordinate amount of time on the floor fitting together colorful pieces that may possibly – should all go as planned – make an underwater scene or a picture of a cow.

This got me to thinking: “hey don’t we all like puzzles?” So I came up with one, although this is more of a word puzzle, so put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and work out the answer:

You’re a single parent. You work really hard to provide for your child. One day that child wakes up with a fever and vomiting. Their school will not allow them to attend. You don’t have any sick days provided at your job and should you take the day off it will go unpaid. If you have to take numerous days off you may lose that job. Also, you have a very strict budget, one that cannot afford any unpaid days. You could hire a babysitter but that will cost more than an unpaid day of leave. You have some family nearby but they too have jobs that don’t allow sick leave. What do you do?

Answer: You’re screwed. No pretty cow picture here!

It’s high time ALL businesses (small and large) were forced to put a sick leave policy in place!

Check out this article on Sick Leave at MomsRising to find out what you can do to help find an answer to the puzzle above!

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  1. Anita says:
    August 26, 2010 at 10:59 am

    Thank you so much for linking back to the MomsRising Sick Days webpage! We also invite you to check out our blog today for a blog carnival focused on passage of the paid sick days bill in NYC. It’s a great read full of facts about where the bill stands and people’s personal stories on PSD.

    Thanks again!

    Anita

  2. Speaker Quinn, NYC Needs Paid Sick Days Now! « MomsRising Blog says:
    August 26, 2010 at 11:29 am

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  3. Ruth says:
    August 26, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    Excellent post! Thank you for sharing and for linking to MomsRising’s blog! Thanks for all you do, Tonya!

  4. Wendi says:
    August 26, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    Great post. I can’t even imagine how hard that’d be.

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