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Paid sick leave sticks after many pandemic protections vanish
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBill Thompson’s wife had never seen him smile with confidence. For the first 20 years of their...
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 ...
Illinois enacts mandatory paid leave 'for any reason'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason...
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 ...
It’s true: The U.S. is a global outlier for its lack of paid maternity, parental leave
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLisa Subeck Statement: “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries,...
Medical marijuana and abortion rights could be on Nebraska ballot
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNebraska voters could be voting on several controversial ballot initiatives this November, including...
Lawmakers dodged a major railway strike just before the holidays. Why are progressives so mad?
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Biden. Illustrated | Getty Images Last Friday, President Biden signed into law a bill...
Law requiring paid sick leave takes effect in New Mexico
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 1—A law that requires all private employers in New Mexico, regardless of size, to allow their workers to accrue paid sick leave and take it without any threat of retaliation goes into effect ...
What to know about phase two of Governor Scott's paid leave program for Vermont
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPaid family and medical leave is almost here for thousands more Vermonters. On Feb. 15, Gov. Phil...
Michigan legislation would give workers 15 weeks paid family leave
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAmy Bearinger spent her postpartum months snuggling her newborn and enjoying time away from her job...
