Sen. Jennifer Boysko (far right) at a January 2020 event. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
Speaker: Jennifer Boysko
Statement: “The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.”
Date: Jan. 18
Setting: Senate committee hearing
Sweeping legislation that would have established a paid family leave program for Virginia employees was recently killed in the state Senate.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Fairfax) would have established a wage tax in 2024 to finance up to 12 weeks of annual paid leave time for workers at 80% of their regular earnings. Eligible were employees:
File picture The UAE has been appealing to other nations to provide free access to COVID-19 vaccines at the 13th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).
Global leaders have joined the UAE s call for international cooperation on recovery efforts to help migrants in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and for more vaccination programmes.
They have been speaking at the opening ceremony of the summit which is being hosted by the UAE under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
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Jan 05, 2021 06:45 PM EST
The United Kingdom government announced a new set of financial grants to help hospitality, retail, and leisure businesses amid the latest lockdown.
The United Kingdom s non-essential firms were forced for closure
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Boris Johnson Announces Third National Coronavirus Lockdown LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: A sign warning of the rising cases of Coronavirus on January 05, 2021 in London, England. British Prime Minister made a national television address on Monday evening announcing England is to enter its third coronavirus lockdown of the year. On Monday the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row.