; (ii) for workers in the next 2 quartiles, 35 and 25 percent, respectively, lack paid sick time; and (iii) even for workers in the highest quartile, 16 percent lack paid sick time. (B) For public sector workers— (i) for workers in the lowest quartile of earners, 23 percent lack paid sick time; (ii) for workers in the next 2 quartiles, 6 and 7 percent, respectively, lack paid sick time