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The United States federal government requires unpaid leave for serious illnesses, but does not require that employees have access to paid sick leave to address their own short-term illnesses or the short-term illness of a family member. However, a number of states and localities do require some or all employers to provide paid sick leave to ...
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. [1]
Studies show that workers are less likely to take time off for injury or illness when they do not have paid sick leave. [2] [3] Workers without paid sick leave are also less likely to obtain preventive medical care, such as cancer screenings and flu shots. [4] [5] Workers with paid sick leave are less likely to experience workplace injuries. [6]
The United States Constitution does not directly address employment discrimination, but its prohibitions on discrimination by the federal government have been held to protect federal government employees. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution limit the power of the federal and state governments to discriminate ...
Jan. 5—After just about three weeks, a top Albuquerque Public Schools official returned to work after being placed on paid administrative leave while the district investigated anonymous ...
At $170 per week, New York paid medical leave puts someone in an even worse financial position than unemployment insurance. It is unarguably not enough to live on anywhere in New York, and hasn ...
The federal government passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which went into effect on April 1, 2020. FFCRA reimbursed private employers with fewer than 500 employees with tax credits for the cost of providing paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for special reasons related to COVID-19.
The Biden administration announced on Thursday that, for the first time, White House interns will be paid.