Category: paid leave

Paid Leave Lets Older Adults Care for Their Parents

July 20, 2023
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With paid leave, older adults are spending less time looking after their grandchildren and more time looking after their parents. In 2004, California passed a law requiring employers above a certain size to provide paid family leave to their employees. Much of the research looking at this policy has examined its effect on the work,…

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Illinois Businesses Must Give Workers Time Off ‘For Any Reason’

March 15, 2023
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Illinois has passed a law ordering businesses to give workers paid leave for any reason. The state becomes one of three that requires employers to offer the generous leave benefits, after Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the law on Mar. 14, which will take effect next year on Jan. 1, reported the Associated Press. “Too many…

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Planning Ahead Is Key to Reaping Vacation Benefits

June 25, 2022
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By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com According to the U.S. Travel Association, more than half of American workers leave unused vacation days on their company’s boardroom table. Meanwhile, the research shows that by planning ahead, more families will actually take much-needed vacations and thus reap a multitude of personal and professional benefits. Here are five…

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Amazon Tells Staff They Must Be Fully Vaccinated to Get COVID Paid Leave

February 11, 2022
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Amazon has told staff at its U.S. warehouses and logistics sites that they must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by March if they want to receive paid leave if they contract the virus. In a Feb. 10 memo to employees obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the Seattle-headquartered company said workers have until March 18 to…

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Amazon Cuts COVID-19 Paid Leave to 40 Hours for US Employees, Follows Walmart

January 8, 2022
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Another big private employer has cut COVID-19 paid leave for its United States workers following rule changes by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Amazon.com Inc., the second-largest U.S. private employer, announced on Friday that its COVID-19 paid leave has been reduced to a maximum of 40 hours in a notification to employees….

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Amazon Cuts COVID-19 Paid Leave to 40 Hours for US Employees, Following Walmart

January 8, 2022
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Another big private employer has cut COVID-19 paid leave for its workers in the United States following rule changes by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Amazon.com Inc., the second-largest U.S. private employer, said its COVID-19 paid leave has been reduced to a maximum of 40 hours in a Jan. 7 notification to employees. Before…

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