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Pandemic Prompts More States to Mandate Paid Sick Leave
Stateline.org via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 16—For all the punishment COVID-19 has inflicted in New Mexico, the virus also is responsible for the state enacting one of the broadest paid sick leave laws in the country. "It's almost ...
Without Paid Parental Leave, Teachers Scramble for Time with Their Newborns
The 74 via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoWhen elementary school teacher Kimberly Papa gave birth to her daughter, Margot, a little over a...
EXPLAINER: What to know on Congress' bid to bar rail strike
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling freight rail...
Ambulance crews ‘stretched to breaking point’ as mental health sick days soar
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoAmbulance staff took almost a quarter of a million mental-health-related sick days last year as...
Column: Greedy railroads are to blame for rail strike threat. Why should Congress help them?
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe rail strike is looming because the railroads are refusing to give their workers paid sick days,...
Rail unions slam Senate's 'anti-American' rejection of sick days
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe bill, which gives rail workers seven paid sick days, passed the House but was defeated by a vote...
Letters: As pandemic continues and flu season rages, families need solid leave policies
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 100,000 parents and caregivers missed work last month due to child care, according to a...
Biden overstepped authority in COVID vaccine mandate, argue Hanford workers
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoA federal judge was correct to dismiss claims by Hanford nuclear reservation site workers who said...
Walgreens manager refused to let pregnant worker leave, feds say. Then she miscarried
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoWalgreens is facing a federal lawsuit after a store manager refused to let a pregnant worker leave...
Tiny fire district, big payday: How Hopkins Hill's chief won a 'stunning' contract
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCOVENTRY – The longtime chief of one of the smallest fire districts in Rhode Island is the...