TY - JOUR T1 - Paid sick leave making inroads but lagging at national level: Millions lack access to vital job benefit JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 1 LP - 18 VL - 42 IS - 8 AU - Charlotte Tucker Y1 - 2012/10/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/42/8/1.3.abstract N2 - When a waitress has the sniffles, she might like to stay home — and the patrons in the restaurant would surely appreciate it. But for 40 percent of the U.S. private sector workforce, missing a day of work is not an option. If they stay home, they lose income — and some might even lose their jobs. ER -