Most Hourly Workers at Large Service Sector Firms Still Lack Paid Sick Leave

2023, Paper: "Paid sick leave is essential for worker well-being and the public health, yet the United States does not have a federal law guaranteeing workers access to paid sick leave. Rather, paid sick leave remains subject to company discretion and a limited number of state and local laws and varies greatly across occupations. In this brief, we examine the current state of paid sick leave access in the service sector, an industry making up almost a fifth of the United States workforce and containing some of its most vulnerable workers. Over three years since the COVID-19 pandemic first drew broad public attention to the lack of access to paid sick leave in the service sector, how much has really changed, and what are the possibilities for progress?"