No worker should have to risk a paycheck or their job to care for a sick family member or bond with a newborn child.

Unfortunately there are thousands of workers who face this pressing challenge every day.  That's because nearly half of North Carolina's private-sector workers, 1.4 million people, lack a single paid sick day.  In the South Atlantic region, just 11% of private sector workers have access to paid family and medical leave.

North Carolina is a state that prides itself on family values.  When you work hard, you should be able to care for your family.  But without paid sick days and access to real family and medical leave, too many workers are struggling to care for their families and build economic security.  

Guaranteeing our workers a modest number of paid sick days is one way to help folks balance the competing demands of work and family and the NC Healthy Families and Healthy Workplaces Act does just that.  Exploring a state-based Family Leave Insurance program like California and New Jersey have adopted is another critical way to make real the promise of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.  It’s time that our workplace policies caught up with the realities facing families today.

That’s why a broad coalition of organizations has come together to form the NC Families Care Campaign, which is pushing for policy solutions such as paid sick days and expansions to the Family Medical Leave Act.  But we need your help. 

We can’t do it alone.

Join the NC Families Care Campaign today!