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June 27, 2013
Paid sick time law passes in NYC, veto overridden
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is becoming the most populous place in the United States to make businesses provide workers with paid sick…
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June 26, 2013
How Corporate Giants Try to Suppress Democracy
by Ellen Bravo What do you do when you live in a democracy and the majority of people disagree with you? Depending on how much…
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June 20, 2013
REPORT: DC’s Paid Sick Leave Law Had No Negative Effect On Businesses
A new audit of Washington, DC’s paid sick leave law finds that it didn’t discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the city, nor did…
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June 20, 2013
Report: Paid sick leave doesn’t scare away new business
An audit of Washington, DC's paid sick leave program reveals skeptics were wrong about its impact on businesses The Office of the District of…
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June 16, 2013
RI Considers Paid Leave for Family Caregivers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When Jennifer Marks was pregnant with her son Shawn, her doctor ordered her on bed rest. She lost her job and…
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June 14, 2013
Father’s Day Gift That Keeps Giving
by Ellen Bravo and Stewart D. Friedman On this Father’s Day, too many fathers have to choose between the family they love and the job…
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June 12, 2013
Small Businesses Declare Their Support For Paid Sick And Family Leave
On Tuesday, a coalition of businesses launched a website in support of earned sick leave and family leave insurance called “Better Workplaces, Better Businesses.” The site is…
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June 4, 2013
Caregivers merit temporary insurance
One of the greatest lessons I've learned as a small-business owner is that the best ideas are often rooted in simple common sense. Common sense,…
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May 31, 2013
Making the Case for a State Paid Leave Fund in the Federal Budget
Federal budgets conjure up huge volumes of paper and mind-bending columns of numbers. That wasn’t the case on May 29, when some grassroots leaders from…
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May 31, 2013
Connecticut Must Not Erode the Nation’s First Statewide Paid Sick Days Law
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association is pushing a bill, SB 1007, to cut back the first statewide paid sick days bill. Family Values @…
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