Flu hits where it hurts: wallets
When the flu bug hit Joni Arter in January, the elementary school secretary was out of work for nine days. Then, one by one, her two daughters got sick.
Unfortunately, Arter had used all of her annual sick leave caring for her father, who passed away in December. So, the days off from her job at Russell Dougherty Elementary School in Edmond were uncompensated.
"Oh, my goodness, I am completely out of paid si...
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