Posts Tagged Paid Sick Days
State Lawmakers Passed on a Paid Sick Days Proposal This Year
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 9, 2020
The Senate rejected an effort to require businesses to offer five paid sick days. Michael Pope reports.
The Debate Over Paid Sick Days Continues in Richmond
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 24, 2020
With less than two weeks left in the General Assembly session, lawmakers are still hashing out an agreement on paid sick days. Michael Pope has details.
Governor Northam Weighs In On Paid Sick Days Debate
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 22, 2020
Lawmakers are debating a proposal to require businesses offer paid sick days to their employees. But, Democrats are divided over which businesses would be required to do that. Michael Pope has details.
Should All Virginia Workers Be Entitled to Paid Sick Days?
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 13, 2020
Credit: NPR
Democrats are hoping to make workers a centerpiece of their first term in power. Michael Pope has this report about one bill that would help low-wage workers.
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From NPR News- Six Flags Will Reopen Its First Park On June 5, Requiring Masks And A Health Check May 26, 2020Six Flags says it will also use thermal imaging to screen temperatures of guests and employees before they can enter.
- Memorializing Those Who Died In The Time Of COVID-19 May 26, 2020Since it's impossible to hold mass public gatherings to mourn those who have died of COVID-19, people are creating new ways to memorialize the dead.
- New Spaceship Prepares To Blast Off And Make History May 26, 2020NASA and SpaceX plan to launch astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday, It'll be the first time a new kind of spacecraft has launched astronauts into orbit since the space shuttle.
- Many Are Earning More In Unemployment, Making Return To Work Hard May 26, 2020For more than two out of three unemployed workers, jobless benefits exceed their old pay, researchers say. That can raise awkward questions for workers, bosses and policymakers.
- Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak May 26, 2020A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people.
- Six Flags Will Reopen Its First Park On June 5, Requiring Masks And A Health Check May 26, 2020
- From BBC News
- Dominic Cummings: Minister Douglas Ross quits over senior aide's lockdown actions May 26, 2020Douglas Ross quits the government as more than 35 Conservative MPs call for Dominic Cummings to quit.
- Coronavirus: UK authorises anti-viral drug remdesivir May 26, 2020UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock called it the biggest step forward in treatment since the crisis began.
- Coronavirus deaths fall to six-week low May 26, 2020Early May bank holiday delays mean the true death figures are likely to have been even lower.
- Coronavirus: A day of lockdown for young people in the UK May 26, 2020As one of the demographics hit hardest by the pandemic, young people document 24 hours in lockdown.
- JK Rowling unveils The Ickabog, her first non-Harry Potter children's book May 26, 2020The Ickabog is her first non-Harry Potter children's story, and will be published in instalments.
- Dominic Cummings: Minister Douglas Ross quits over senior aide's lockdown actions May 26, 2020
