1. 48% of workers do not have paid sick days; 76% of low-wage workers and 80% of part-time workers do not have paid sick days.
2. In 1960, only 10% of mothers worked and only 10% were unmarried. Today 70% of mothers work and 40% of mothers are unmarried.
3. 70% of American children live in households where all adults are employed.
4. Single mothers earning less than $20,000 are twice as likely as other workers to have nonstandard hours, and have the highest rate of nonstandard hours of all U.S. workers.
5. 41% of working parents say they had missed medical appointments or delayed treatments for their children because they could not get away from work.
6. Nearly 40% of employees say they have missed work due to elder care responsibilities.
7. The US, along with only three other countries—Liberia, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland—have no paid maternity leave.
8. Of the world’s 15 most competitive countries, 14 provide paid sick leave, 13 provide paid leave for new mothers, and 12 provide paid leave for new fathers.
9. 40% of low-wage workers work nonstandard hours, defined as anything other than 9-to-5, five days/week.
10. Workers coming to work when they are ill cost $180 billion annually in lost productivity.
11. Employers with family friendly policies improve their bottom line by reducing attrition and absenteeism and increasing employee performance.
Is there a version of this with citations? It would make it a much more useful resource and could get wider distribution. Thanks much!
So much productivity is lost at jobs in general because of the way business are run. There is no regard for humans anymore, only numbers, but numbers don’t push sales or stock shelves or fulfill any of the tasks a job may require. People do!
I’d also like to know if you have a copy of this with sources, I don’t think enough people are fully aware of what is going on in our country, they are too scared of loosing their jobs. However, if everyone was aware of how poorly we are doing as a nation, individuals may start to ban together and try and make change.
There is an interview series that you may like of professional women in online journalism.
http://www.ourblook.com/Table/Gender-Studies-and-Media/
It was conducted by the University of Iowa Gender and Mass Media Class this past fall and offers wonderful insight into the future of online journalism.
Just echoing the previous two commenters with a request for citations (in the hopes that with a rising clamor, the sources will be published)–thanks!