Recently added articles from Fact Sheet Series:
A prescription for good asthma care for children: paid sick days for Milwaukee parents: parents' lack of job flexibility hurts children with chronic health problems.(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Asthma treatment is a priority for Wisconsin's public health system, according to the Wisconsin Turning Point Transformation Team. (1) The most common chronic health problem for children, asthma sent nearly 3,800 Wisconsin children to the emergency room in 2005, and more than 700 were ...
Job growth strong with paid sick days.(comparison between job growth in Bay Area counties after the implementation of paid sick day standard in San Francisco)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Job growth has been strong in San Francisco compared with other Bay Area counties following implementation of a new paid sick days standard in San Francisco on February 5, 2007, according to data from the California Employment Development Department. (1) <Pre>San Francisco's ...
Paid sick days initiative would support Milwaukee victims of domestic violence.
Oct 01, 2008; ... Milwaukee's paid sick days referendum would allow workers to take time from their scheduled hours on the job to recover from illness. It would also guarantee more than 260,000 Milwaukeeans the ability to access services for domestic violence and sexual assault, without the risk of losing ...
The gender wage gap: 2007.(Statistical table)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The ratio of the annual averages of women's and men's median annual earnings was 77.8 for full-time workers in 2007, up from 76.9 in 2006. (This means the gender wage gap is now 22.2 percent.) This is the highest earnings ratio ever, surpassing the previous high of 77.0 in 2005. The annual ...
Why Americans worry about retirement security, and why women worry more than men.(Report)
May 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A recent survey uncovered a high level of worry among Americans about their economic security during retirement. (1) It also found that women are much more anxious than men about their likely retirement income and much more worried about the possibility of ...