Paid leave shouldn't be a luxury. It's a basic necessity that we should secure for every working American. nyti.ms/2cIsldp
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President Obama (@POTUS) October 01, 2016****
Noam Scheiber: U.S. Will Require Its Contractors To Provide Paid Sick Leave
The Obama administration, in its latest effort to update workplace policies it says have lagged far behind the realities of Americans’ lives, will require federal government contractors to provide paid sick leave to their workers. The rule, which was issued on Thursday and which the Labor Department estimates will directly affect more than 1.1 million people once fully in effect, enables workers to accrue up to seven days of paid sick leave a year. The move serves as a coda to the administration’s ongoing efforts to enhance rights and protections for workers, including making millions more eligible for overtime pay and expanding workers’ rights to sue over pay discrimination. In recent years, more than 20 cities and states around the country have passed laws mandating paid sick leave,
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) September 29, 2016****
which voters generally support, polls show. New York City passed its own such law in 2013 and expanded it the next year. Republican-leaning Arizona appears on the verge of enacting such a measure by a ballot initiative this fall. But legislation that would mandate paid sick leave nationwide, notably the so-called Healthy Families Act, has stalled in Congress for years, prompting the administration to seek alternative ways of achieving the policy’s goals. The rule, which does not need additional approval, requires that workers in assignments related to many federal contracts receive one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work, for up to 56 hours of leave a year. Workers will be able to use the days to receive medical attention, care for a relative or deal with complications arising from domestic violence or sexual assault. The rule affects only contracts solicited by the government beginning on Jan. 1, 2017.
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Staggering that tens of millions of American workers don't have paid leave. This will make a difference.
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Cecilia Muñoz (@Cecilia44) September 29, 2016
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