A recent report published by CLASP on the generational impact of poverty demonstrates how parents' low-wage, low-quality jobs have damaging consequences for families. Further increasing the risks to children and to parents' economic stability, many of these low-income working families lack access to affordable child care, health care.
The report further states that without paid sick days, taking time to recover from the flu or care for a sick child can mean not only being docked pay but also losing a much-needed job. One in seven low wage workers and one in five low-wage working mothers had lost a job in the past year due to illness or caring for a sick family member.
