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Generation Never-Called-in-Sick
Baby boomers are jealous of Gen Z's modern attitude toward calling out sick and taking time off of …
Emily Stewart
7 mins read
Gen Z is redefining sick days
Americans are calling out sick and taking more mental health days. Gen Z is driving the change.
Emily Stewart
4 mins read
Calling in sick is now a lot more complicated
Americans and Brits take sick leave differently post-pandemic; HR experts discuss the impact of Gen…
Polly Thompson
1 min read
Former Tesla workers have accused the company of not paying overtime or paid sick leave in a new lawsuit
Former Tesla employees accused the company of failing to pay overtime and sick leave in a newly pro…
Katie Balevic,Kenneth Niemeyer
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Businesses like Reddit and Twitter are pushing for a key part of Biden's stalled economic agenda: Paid leave to help end the labor shortage
With Congress stalled, major businesses are calling for national paid leave to help bring back the …
Juliana Kaplan
1 min read
Amazon is ending its paid COVID-19 sick leave policy for workers
Amazon announced to employees on Saturday that workers will receive up to five days of unpaid sick …
Michelle Mark,Hannah Towey
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People in California are getting more sick leave and can't be fired for using marijuana outside work
New California laws will protect workers who use marijuana outside work and doctors sending abortio…
Associated Press
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After a 38-year-old Walmart worker died at the store, employees are fighting for a voice and more paid sick leave
Janikka Perry, 38, was a mother and grandmother. Her sister doesn't want any other families to endu…
Juliana Kaplan
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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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Meet a mom and teacher who hasn't been able to work because child care is so unpredictable: 'I was way behind on work and completely stressed, not sleeping'
"Domestic labor is labor," said Laura Danger, who has two children in addition to a full-time job. …
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet the West Virginia family that lost half their income because the parents couldn't get 2 weeks of paid leave: 'There were times I had to wait until payday to get my kids their prescriptions'
Two weeks of paid leave would've allowed Edmund Vance to keep his mining job. It took four years fo…
Ben Winck
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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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Amazon worker says he received daily texts about losing paid time off while he was sick with COVID-19
Amazon worker Drew Duzinskas told NBC the company appears to want to "take the human out of human r…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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America's service sector is so stingy with benefits that half its workers are unvaccinated
People who have paid leave from work have much higher vaccination rates. They can take time off to …
Juliana Kaplan
3 mins read
Shareholders are asking rail companies to grant paid sick leave for workers because it's a 'prudent investment'
Congress backed a deal between rail workers and companies that only included one paid sick day. Sha…
Juliana Kaplan,Hannah Towey
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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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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
2 mins read
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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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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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…