October 3, 2016
In a victory for working people, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released regulations implementing President Obama’s executive order to require federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to people who work for them. These regulations keep the federal government on pace to implement its paid sick leave rule by… Read More»
Tags: Executive order, Family values @ work, Obama Administration, Paid Leave, paid sick, sick days, working while sick, workplace regulations
March 24, 2016
Last Labor Day, the movement to ensure that everyone has the ability to take paid sick leave scored a major victory when President Obama signed an executive order to provide employees of federal contractors with paid time for personal or family health needs. The executive order itself will have a… Read More»
Tags: Department of Labor, Executive order, lgbt families, Multigenerational families, paid family leave, President Obama