“During and post-pandemic, access to paid sick days could lessen the economic burden faced by women who are likely to be the ones to need time off work to care for sick children who must stay home from school or daycare.”

During the week of International Women’s Day, B.C. Employment Standards Coalition members Kaitlyn Matulewicz and Iglika Ivanova published an op-ed in The Province. They underscore the multiple reasons why providing permanent paid sick days under the B.C. Employment Standards Act is an issue of feminist and immigrant justice: https://theprovince.com/opinion/kaitlyn-matulewicz-and-iglika-ivanova-to-reduce-gender-inequality-introduce-paid-sick-leave

Kaitlyn Matulewicz is the executive director of the Worker Solidarity Network and co-chair of the B.C. Employment Standards Coalition; Iglika Ivanova is a senior economist and the public interest researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. Office.