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Month: March 2010

People Marching on the streets
March 31, 2010

More coverage of the NYC paid sick days reintroduction

More news and opinion coverage of the reintroduction of New York City’s paid sick days ordinance: Business Leaders, WFP Take Council's Temperature On Paid Sick…
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March 31, 2010

Georgia Parent Protection Act is in the news

An excellent 3-page article on the Parent Protection Act was published in the Winter 2010 edition of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Magazine. The…
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March 26, 2010

Reintroduction of NYC paid sick days ordinance

Yesterday's reintroduction of the New York City paid sick days ordinance garnered quite a bit of media attention. Supporters of the bill held a press…
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March 24, 2010

Bureau of Labor Statistics data confirm value of paid sick days

How much does it cost to provide paid sick days? Pennies per hour, according to the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS estimates a…
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March 23, 2010

Disappointment on paid sick days bill in Maine

After Maine’s paid sick days bill was reintroduced this winter, it seemed like momentum was on the side of passage. Activists, including public health experts,…
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March 18, 2010

Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts paid sick days case

Just a quick update from Wisconsin: The Wisconsin state supreme court agreed yesterday to hear the case challenging the Milwaukee paid sick days ordinance, however,…
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March 18, 2010

NYC paid sick days bill to be reintroduced March 25

The New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition, the Family Values @ Work member coalition in New York, is co-hosting an event on Thursday, March…
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March 17, 2010

Georgia activist featured in NPR story about flexible work policies

Vickie Underwood, a leader of 9to5 and the Atlanta coalition that's part of the Family Values @ Work consortium, was featured on an NPR broadcast…
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March 16, 2010

On the edge of our seats in Maine

After a work session on March 8, Maine’s paid sick day bill remains tabled in Labor Committee. With a few days to mull over the…
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March 13, 2010

Advocates call for paid sick days in Philadelphia

The campaign for paid sick days in Philadelphia got a boost last week when more than forty people came to the Central Branch of the…
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