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Meet a mom who got COVID-19 while pregnant and used paid leave when her kid had to quarantine 3 times
"We keep operating on the assumption that families and especially mothers will take on anything we …
Juliana Kaplan
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I went into labor with my son five weeks early. It showed me why the US needs a nationally funded PTO policy to support families and businesses, especially during a pandemic.
Heather Whaling says paid sick leave will allow employees to survive without jeopardizing their car…
Heather Whaling
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Up to 87 million workers could lose access to paid leave next month if Congress doesn't pass another coronavirus relief package
Experts say the paid leave measure covered around half the US workforce. But it may expire during a…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Two-thirds of low wage workers still don't have sick days amid ongoing pandemic
Paid sick days have a positive benefit to employers as it reduces employee turnover, researchers sa…
Emily Walsh
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17 state treasurers are calling for Congress to pass paid family and medical leave
In Washington state, paid leave went into effect in early 2020. State treasurer Mike Pellicciotti s…
Juliana Kaplan
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New Yorkers who travel to Florida, Texas, and other states with high COVID-19 infection rates will lose paid sick leave benefits
Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Texas all curren…
Katie Warren
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Generous — and inclusive — sick leave is a must for any business that wants to reopen safely
Screening works only if employees are honest about symptoms and exposure history — but this could m…
Marvin J. Slepian, James Coan, and Andrew Coan
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Amazon reportedly says California's expanded coronavirus sick leave policy doesn't cover its warehouse workers
Amazon is reportedly telling employees that California's sick-leave policy for warehouse workers th…
Isaac Scher
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Tyson announces vaccinated workers can get 20 hours of paid sick leave starting next year
Tyson worked with unions representing 31,000 workers on the new policy, which will cover workers in…
Allana Akhtar
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Tyson is doubling bonuses and increasing health benefits for frontline workers. At least 8 have died of coronavirus and over 1,180 have been infected.
Almost 200 workers contracted the coronavirus at a Tyson plant in Iowa before the facility was clos…
Juliana Kaplan
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McConnell blocked extending a paid-leave mandate for employees sick with COVID-19 in the $900 billion stimulus package
The exclusion from the new bill means roughly 87 million workers will lose access to paid-leave pro…
Oma Seddiq
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Major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and CVS turned record profits but didn't pay employees much extra for working during the pandemic, a new report finds
Research from the Brookings Institute found that some companies only paid their frontline workers l…
Marguerite Ward
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A play-by-play of how the Trump and Biden administrations handled their septuagenarian commander-in-chiefs getting sick with COVID
Biden's illness with COVID looked vastly different than Trump's, but the two did share some similar…
Kimberly Leonard,Nicole Gaudiano
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Biden wants to spend $225 billion in his new plan to give you guaranteed sick and family time off work
Biden's American Families Plan would guarantee 12 weeks of paid leave by its 10th year and would pr…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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Trump signs emergency coronavirus package into law - with paid sick leave
While the package includes tax credits to offset the costs of paid sick leave, some Republicans arg…
Gina Heeb
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The Drive-Thru: Coronavirus changes retailers' cleaning and sick-leave policies
Target also recently posted a memo to its internal communications website that detailed an intricat…
Shoshy Ciment
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Coronavirus: Google will now provide paid sick leave to temporary staff with COVID-19 funds
In view of the global spread of the novel coronavirus, Google is establishing a COVID-19 fund that …
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More patients are getting COVID-19 during hospital stays. Experts worry it's because infected healthcare workers are sick on the job.
The CDC announced looser isolation rules for healthcare workers in December, then more patients sta…
Aria Bendix
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Congress eyes tax relief and paid sick leave for Americans as coronavirus hits US economy
"In light of reports that the Trump administration is considering new tax cuts for major corporatio…
Gina Heeb
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In leaked memo, Hobby Lobby refuses to give workers paid sick leave during coronavirus pandemic
Emergency Pay will be made available for all full-time and part-time employees placed on leave beca…