Heeding his doctor’s advice to stay home from work during an illness should have been a no-brainer, Madison resident Russell McDaniel said. But low-wage, low-benefit workers like McDaniel find themselves in a tough spot – what’s more important, their health or two days’ pay?
McDaniel, a janitor, stayed home and suffered the financial hit.
But McDaniel and a coalition of labor, housing and religious interests on Wednesday proposed that the city of Madison intervene by requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave for employees.