States push laws to require paid sick days

HARTFORD, Conn. ? For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid brainsick days, so if he can't shake the glitch, he crataegus laevigata not be able to pay his bills.

About 46 million U.S. workers want paid pallid days, simply lawmakers in 12 states � including California, Connecticut, Minnesota and West Virginia � have proposed legislation in the past year that would require businesses to leave them.

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