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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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Air India Express terminates 25 employees, day after mass sick leave
According to sources within the airline, the management on Wednesday terminated cabin crew members …
ANI
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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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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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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
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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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A company that owns 40 Burger Kings had to pay $459,000 to workers after it denied them sick leave, in Chicago's largest-ever labor-law fine
In Chicago, companies must give an hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked. Tri City Food…
Grace Dean
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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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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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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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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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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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Calling in sick? Meet the Indian executive who made nearly $3 million for leaves he didn’t take
The government honour caps a terrific 12-month period for Naik who made a staggering $3 milli…
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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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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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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
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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…
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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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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…