The spotlight of the Great Recession has been properly on the nearly 10 percent of workers who are unemployed. But there has been far less said about the collateral damage on the 90 percent who “still have a job” but are looking at the empty seats. …

“The National Partnership for Women and Families, an advocacy group based in Washington, has been pressing for a federal Healthy Families Act, which would guarantee seven paid sick days per year for workers at businesses with 15 or more employees, to be used to recover from routine illness, care for a sick family member, or seek services to recover from domestic violence.”

Debra Ness with the National Partnership for Women and Families is quoted in the report as stating of the issue, “The problem has really come into sharp relief the past few …

“The problem has really come into sharp relief the past few days,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, which has long pushed for paid sick leave. “Many people don’t even realize that almost half the private sector — 48 percent — has no sick days, not even a single one.”

“The problem has really come into sharp relief the past few days,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, which has long …

Nearly half of private sector workers in the United States don’t have a single paid sick day, said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for …

For single-parent homes, or for families that depend on two incomes, “This could be the beginning of a spiral into economic disaster,” says Debra L. Ness, the president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.

“The CDC is making good suggestions, but they don’t give any thought to the half of workers who don’t have paid sick days,” says Karen Minatelli, director of the work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families.

The following is a statement of Debra L. Ness, President National Partnership for Women & Families: “We all …