March 5, 2021
For some workers, side effects could mean losing a day of pay or a day of leave.
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Potential side effects from the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer have been widely reported. On the second dose, I thought I was fine. I got up early in the morning, went to work and then midday I realized, Yeah, it might I might need to slow down a bit, said Vice President Kamala Harris.
Now it looks like fear of those side effects may be driving vaccine hesitancy, but not in the way you may think. People are worried that they may have to miss work if they get a vaccine, said Ashley Kirzinger, an associate director of public opinion and survey research with Kaiser Family Foundation.
Parental leave laws in every state
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March 1, 2021
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Parental leave laws in every state
The United States falls behind when it comes to parental and family leave laws. It is the only industrialized nation in the world among 42 countries analyzed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development that does not have any federally mandated paid parental leave policy. Several countries do offer extensive parental leave, such as Sweden, that offers robust parental leave with parents sharing 480 days of paid parental leave per child, at 80% of the stay-at-home parent’s salary.
The COVID-19 pandemic has further demonstrated the need for the United States to update its parental leave policies on both the federal and state levels. While subpar laws surrounding family and parental leave makes things difficult for parents across the country, many state legislatures have introduced bills that will allow
Nearly two-thirds of Oklahoma workers would not have the option of taking unpaid leave time from jobs if they had a family need, according to a recent analysis.