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Study: Majority favor paid sick days

Tue, 06/22/2010 - 11:02 by Pankaj Damin

Washington -- A majority of the U.S. public favors at least some paid sick leave for workers, a recent study found.

But the survey sponsored by the Public Welfare Foundation in Washington found that paid sick days were less available than other worker benefits.

Sixty-four percent of workers indicated they had paid sick day benefits associated with their jobs, while 72 percent indicated they had dental insurance and 68 percent indicated they had life insurance policies available through work.

Eighty-one percent indicated health insurance was available.

Bishop takes sick leave after fight

Sat, 02/06/2010 - 09:30 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Vaxjo, Sweden -- A Church of Sweden bishop said he is taking sick leave following a physical confrontation with an employee of his office.

Bishop Sven Thidevall of Vaxjo said he was not injured during the scuffle, which mostly involved pushing and shoving, but he decided to take his sick leave to recuperate from the incident mentally, The Local reported Friday.

"We have a poor psychosocial working environment and have tried to work things out for quite some time. Of course the soul hurts when something like this happens," Thidevall said. "There was no serious physical violence but the situation feels bad. Everyone knows that the office has experienced tension for some time now and of course no one feels good about this."