Boston Public Library Worker Battling Cancer Says She Was Denied Sick Time Donated By Co-Workers

CBS Boston

Updated on: February 12, 2025 / 6:48 AM EST

BOSTON - Employees at the Boston Public Library (BPL) want to donate their sick time to a co-worker who's battling cancer. But the union says the city is blocking their gift of compassion.

Eve Griffin, 44, has worked at the library for more than a decade as the curator of fine arts. In 2019, doctors told her she had stage four breast cancer. It was a terminal diagnosis. In the years after, Griffin balanced treatment and her job at the library where she still works.

The BPL utilizes an extended sick leave fund, a "bank" where employees donate unused sick leave to a pot where people can apply to access it in certain cases.

Eve Griffin, curator of fine arts at the Boston Public Library/CBS Boston

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