The sweep of H1N1 illness has forced many businesses and employees to consider sick leave guidelines or the lack of any sick leave provisions at all.
While some workplaces offer personal time, sick time and family medical leave other employers and part-time positions make no allowance at all for paid sick days, forcing the employee to choose between making a living or staying home and resting but losing out on the income.
The Christian Science Monitor reports that 15 states are considering making sick leave mandatory. If you haven’t heard of the Healthy Families Act bill, it’s been up for discussion for awhile and would provide 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked. A bill such as this would most certainly ease the burden for any employee who became ill.
New York City is following the example of such cities as San Francisco, Milwaukee and Washington DC by implementing some sort of mandatory sick leave.
And the New York Times published an interesting article detailing some of the efforts China implemented in order to contain the Swine Flu and prevent its spread. Although they were initially criticized for some of their actions, after you compare the numbers of illnesses and deaths, it seems a lot more reasonable. China has had 30 deaths from the Swine Flu while the United States has now had close to 4,000. Those numbers alone are shocking and sad.
While the receiving the H1N1 vaccine may seem like a good solution, the unnatural ingredients it includes would prove otherwise and extremely unsafe. Natural alternatives are out there and can be much more effective for better overall health.
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