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The Rest & Recover Fund

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WORKING SICK ISN’TWORKING ANYMORE

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WORKING SICK ISN’TWORKING ANYMORE

With more than 28 million U.S. workers forced to work while sick or sacrifice wages to recover at home, let’s work to change that narrative together. It starts with learning about how we can help support U.S. workers who need paid sick time off with the Rest & Recover Fund.

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The Rest and Recover Fund logo. Blue pillow outline that weaves into a heart at the center, to the right it reads “The Rest & Recover Fund”.

Without access to paid sick time, workers in the U.S. are more likely to experience financial hardship, food insecurity and to risk working while sick. It’s why Theraflu founded the Rest & Recover Fund, to offer families microgrants that help offset the lost wages that come from taking an unpaid sick day.

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We are committed to supporting thousands of families with over $600,000 in microgrants to help them recover from illness or care for loved ones taking a sick day, so they can find the rest and recovery they deserve.

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2021

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2022

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2023

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2024

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2025

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Each year, we aim to help more workers in the U.S. and their families afford a day of rest and recovery.

Apply to the fund

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Each year, we aim to help more workers in the U.S. and their families afford a day of rest and recovery.

Apply to the fund

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Knowing your rights today is the first step toward securing your right to rest tomorrow. It’s why we’ve partnered with A Better Balance, a leader in the paid sick time movement, to help workers in America better understand their rights at home. Click below for more information from A Better Balance about your specific rights as a worker in your home state and to access a free, confidential helpline that connects you to a workplace rights expert.

VISIT THE WORKPLACE RIGHTS HUB

CONTACT THE FREE WORK-FAMILY HELPLINE

A Better Balance is a national legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing work-family justice. Since 2006, their efforts have helped guarantee paid sick time, paid family and medical leave, protections for pregnant, lactating, and caregiving workers, and more for millions across the nation. As partners, we aim to make rest a right for all.

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1Source: Contagion Nation 2020: United States Still the Only Wealthy Nation without Paid Sick Leave - Center for Economic and Policy Research (cepr.net) March 19, 2020

2 Source : Statistics are based on an August 2022 OnePoll survey of 2,000 employed Americans, conducted on behalf of Theraflu

3 Source: Access to Paid Leave Is Lowest among Workers with the Greatest Needs (urban.org) July 2022