Tag: Leave

LIVE NOW: Biden, Harris Deliver Remarks to Mark 30th Anniversary of Family and Medical Leave Act

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Deliver Remarks at 2:15 p.m. ET on Feb. 2 to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Biden calls for government agencies to expand federal workers’ access to paid and unpaid leave. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Biden, Harris Deliver Remarks to Mark 30th Anniversary of Family and Medical Leave Act

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Deliver Remarks at 2:15 p.m. ET on Feb. 2 to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Biden calls for government agencies to expand federal workers’ access to paid and unpaid leave. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Lebanon President Leaves With No Replacement, Crisis Deepens

BEIRUT—President Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown. As Aoun’s term ends, the country is being run by a caretaker government after Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati failed to…


Cruise CEO Ammann Leaving GM’s Self-Driving Car Unit

WASHINGTON—General Motors Co. said on Thursday that Dan Ammann, the chief executive of its majority-owned Cruise self-driving car subsidiary, is leaving the company, effective immediately. The U.S. automaker did not give a reason for the departure of Ammann, a former GM president and chief financial officer. GM shares fell 2.7 percent in after hours trading…


American Airlines to End Pandemic Leave for Unvaccinated Staff

American Airlines said on Friday it would not provide special leave from next month to unvaccinated employees who have to quarantine due to COVID-19. Unvaccinated workers will have to use their sick time or medical leave if they miss work due to the disease, it said. “Given there is an FDA-approved vaccine, pandemic leave will…


Russia Says US Asked 24 of Its Diplomats to Leave by Sept. 3

MOSCOW—Russia’s ambassador to the United States said Washington had asked 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by Sept. 3 after their visas expire, heightening tensions between the two countries. In an interview with the National Interest magazine published on Sunday, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov did not say whether the U.S. action was prompted by a…