Connecticut is likely to be the first state in the country to require paid sick leave for workers in companies that have at least 50 employees, under a bill state legislators expect to enact this year. For every 40 hours worked, an employee would be entitled to one hour paid sick leave. Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a similar bill, but Gov. Dannel Malloy has said he supports paid sick leave. A Newington woman said not having sick days almost cost her life. "I would never take off for work for anything, not even a funeral," said Cheryl Foulston,...