Michael Pope reports.
Home health care workers deserve five paid sick days a year. That s the new requirement in a bill now under consideration by the Senate.
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman, a Democrat from Prince William County, initially introduced a bill that would have required paid sick days for essential workers, but senators narrowed it considerably so now it applies only to this one kind of worker.
Republican Senator Mark Obenshain of Harrisonburg asked Delegate Guzman what would happen if the governor amends her bill to expand it beyond home healthcare workers. Without me looking at what the governor wants to do, I cannot say what I will do,” Guzman said.
The Ontario government continues to resist implementing paid sick days, despite the volume of evidence that it would stem the pandemic’s deadly effects
The Globe and Mail Jerry Dias Published February 13, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Jerry Dias is the national president of Unifor, the largest private-sector union in Canada.
People are going to work sick. They always have. The difference is that now it’s deadly.
In Alberta, major outbreaks at a meat-packing plant have seen hundreds contract COVID-19, and too many deaths. People reported going to work even as they displayed symptoms, under pressure from their employers to come in.
Coalition of small businesses pushing Senate to pass paid sick leave legislation Virginians for Paid Sick Days (Source: Virginians for Paid Sick Leave) By Elizabeth Holmes | February 10, 2021 at 6:09 PM EST - Updated February 10 at 10:09 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Small Business for Paid Sick Days, a campaign started by businesses and organizations across the commonwealth, is pushing for the Virginia Senate to pass House Bill 2137, which would require employers to provide essential workers with 40 hours of paid sick leave.
“At a very high level, HB 2137 includes a paid sick day standard for essential workers who are working 20 hours a week or more, any business who has that category of employee would be required to off paid sick leave to those employees,” said Audra Grassia of Freedom Virginia and Small Businesses for Paid Sick Days.