Americans whose jobs don't provide paid sick leave are having to choose between their health and their paycheck.
infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don't provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck.
"It's a vicious cycle," said Daniel Schneider, professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government."As staffing gets depleted because people are out sick, that means that those that are on the job have more to do and are even more reluctant to call in sick when they in turn get sick."
The Associated Press interviewed one worker who started a new job with the state of New Mexico last month and started experiencing COVID-like symptoms earlier in the week. The worker, who asked not to be named because it might jeopardize their employment, took a day off to get tested and two more days to wait for the results.
"I thought I was doing the right thing by protecting my co-workers," said the worker, who is still awaiting the results and estimates it will cost $160 per day of work missed if they test negative."Now I wish I just would've gone to work and not said anything.
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