The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-feeding support.
在这方面，美国远远落后于所有富裕国家和许多发展中国家。这些国家的工作政策都有利于家庭生活，包括带薪育婴假、带薪病假和母乳喂养支持等。
A: You get five paid sick days.
5天有薪病假。
W：5天带薪病假。
Who's going to decide how many sick days there will be?
谁来决定带薪病假的天数？
I didn't want to miss a single day, not even for sick days.
我不想错过任何一天，即使生病也一样。
We give them 10 or 15 sick days per year.
员工每年可以休十到十五天的病假。
There are almost never any sick days in the restaurant business.
餐饮业几乎没有请病假一说。
A study found that 57% of salaried employees took sick days when they were not sick.
调查显示，57%的带薪员工曾在没病时请过病假。
Tardiness, sick days or long lunches add up, and bosses notice - especially if you then lie about it.
迟到、病假、午餐时间过长，这些都会叠加，而老板也会注意到的，尤其是当你为此说谎的时候。
In another study of call centre workers, specific goals reduced sick days and increased safety and performance.
在另一个针对呼叫中心员工的试验中，制定具体的目标减少了员工请病假的次数，工作安全性和效率都得到了提升。
A reasonable number of sick days will be covered by the company.Any extended illness will be covered by insurance.
合理的病假公司将照常支付工资，超出范围的由保险公司支付。
But PwC's Nick Roden said coping with the pressures of family life was an important factor in many sick days.
不过普华永道的尼克·罗登说，来自家庭生活的压力是很多员工请病假的重要原因。
I'm being selfish, too, because if I can get my employees healthier, we cut down on sick days and gain more productivity.
这也有私心的成分，因为如果我能让员工健康，就能减少休病假而提高生产力。
For example, the researchers found that employees with paid sick days and more paid vacation days reported better health.
例如，研究人员发现带薪休病假和享有带薪假日的受雇人员更健康。
It is proposed that from now on, employees will be given 10 paid sick days, in addition to their 2 week vacation periods.
从现在起每个员工除两周的假期之外，再增加10天带薪的病假。
But pay levels and other working conditions such as vacation and paid sick days affect more than just standards of living.
但工资水平和其他工作条件，如假期和带薪病假等，影响的不仅是生活水平。
He found that smokers averaged 34 annual sick days, compared with 25 sick days a year for former smokers and 20 for nonsmokers.
他发现，吸烟者年患病日为34天，既往吸烟者为25天，而不吸烟者为20天。
Between 1988 and 1991, the workers completed a survey in which they reported their smoking status and number of annual sick days taken.
在1988年- 1991年间，这些工人接受了一项关于其吸烟状况及年患病日的调查。
Scientists told the conference in Glasgow that their findings could be used to prevent thousands of sick days each year, saving the country millions of pounds.
科学家在格拉斯哥进行的会议上讲话说，他们的发现可用于防止每年数以千计的病假，给国家节约数百万英磅。
A Dutch insurer is offering employers in the country the chance to insure themselves against the sudden rise in staff sick days expected during next month's World Cup.
世界杯足球赛即将于6月10日举行。 由于预计届时将有大量员工请病假而去看球，荷兰SEZ保险公司近日 专门为该国企业主推出了一种特殊保险，以减少企业因这股突如其来的请假狂潮而遭受的损失。
The associated costs of earlier treatment may be offset by decreased hospital costs, increased productivity due to fewer sick days, fewer children orphaned by AIDS and a drop in HIV infections.
提前治疗的相关费用可能因多种因素而抵销，如住院费用降低，因减少病假而提高生产力，艾滋病孤儿人数减少以及艾滋病毒感染人数下降。
The associated costs of earlier treatment may be offset by decreased hospital costs, increased productivity due to fewer sick days, fewer children orphaned by AIDS and a drop in HIV infections.
提前治疗的相关费用可能因多种因素而抵销，如住院费用降低，因减少病假而提高生产力，艾滋病孤儿人数减少以及艾滋病毒感染人数下降。
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