; and (iii) for workers in the highest quartile, 5 percent lack paid sick time. (11) Workers’ access to paid sick days also varies depending on their occupation and race. For example, more than 80 percent of workers in food preparation and serving occupations lack access to paid sick days, compared to only 23 percent of workers in management occupations. More than half of Latino workers and nearly half of Native American or Alaskan Native workers do not have access to paid sick days, compared to nearly 40 percent of White and Black workers. (12) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in America report having experienced rape, physical abuse, or some form of unwanted sexual contact at some point in their lives. Women and men of color are even more likely to report being impacted by intimate partner violence. Too many people, and especially women, are forced to risk losing their jobs or critical income when they need to take time away from work to address domestic-violence-related issues, such as obtaining a restraining order or finding housing, in order to avoid or prevent physical or sexual abuse. (13) Without paid sick time that can be used to address the effects of domestic violence, these victims are in grave danger of losing their jobs. In a 2018 survey of domestic violence survivors, nearly 3/4 (73 percent) reported that financial problems forced them to remain with their abusers longer than they wanted or to return to their abusers after having left, and more than half (53 percent) said they lost a job because of the abuse. The loss of employment can be particularly devastating for victims of domestic violence, who often need economic security to ensure safety. (14) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that intimate partner violence costs over $700,000,000 annually due to the victims’ lost productivity in employment. (15) A 2018 study published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry found that workers without