States push laws to require paid sick days (AP)

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School bus driver Jamille Aine is photographed on July 17, 2008 in Greenwich, Conn.  Aine's employer doesn't offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills. Some 46 million U.S. workers lack paid sick days and lawmakers in 12 states ? including California, Connecticut, Minnesota and West Virginia ? have proposed legislation in the past year that would require businesses to provide them. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can’t shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills.


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