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Illinois poised to mandate paid leave for nearly all workers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Joan Van is sick, she doesn't get paid. Expansive paid leave legislation requiring Illinois...
Illinois becomes third state to mandate paid leave for workers
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason...
Gov. Pritzker signs bill requiring paid leave for about all workers in Illinois
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Monday afternoon granting a minimum of 40 hours of paid...
Illinois poised to require paid leave for workers: ‘Don’t we think that should be a basic human...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPaid time off would be a mandatory benefit for Illinois workers under a bill on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk that represents the latest high-profile measure passed by the Democratic General Assembly ...
Illinois governor signs off on mandatory paid leave ‘for any reason’
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStory at a glance Illinois is now the third state in the nation to require employers to offer...
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 ...
Fact check: What happened to paid family leave in Wisconsin? Did neighbors beat us to it?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhenever a new year approaches, many like to look back on what they did – and didn’t – achieve in...
California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGavin Newsom WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California continues to burnish its...
Editorial: A week’s paid leave? What took Illinois so long?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. J.B. Pritzker says he intends to sign a bill, passed by Illinois’ Democratic-controlled General Assembly, that would require employers to offer an hour of paid leave for every 40 hours ...
Illinois law allows most workers to earn 40 hours of paid leave. New legislation could expand that
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWorkers in the airline and shipping industries could soon see guaranteed paid leave through legislation advancing in the Illinois House of Representatives. House Bill 4596 passed out of the ...