Railroads Offer Paid Sick Days, Schedule Changes to Retain Employees
- Union Pacific, CSX among companies weighing paid sick days
- Higher costs could jeopardize railroads’ dividends, buybacks
The biggest railroad firms are set to report quarterly and full-year results.
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When railroad employees get sick, they’re usually faced with a tough choice: use one of their limited personal days, head into work anyway or, if neither of those is an option, risk their job by staying home.
That may soon change.