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Paid Sick Leave During Health Emergencies bill blocked by GOP

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I used to do at-home transcription work for Productive Playhouse. It’s been about a year since I’ve done it, so idk if they’re looking for help, but if it piques your interest, send me a PM.

Do you have PMs turned off? I cannot find the start conversation tab in your profile.
 
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When I go out to eat, I’d have no problem paying a few dollars more to know that if the chef feels a cold coming on that day they just stay home rather than come in because they need the paycheck to make rent and end up sneezing in my risotto. I think very little of the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with me on this point.
 
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"workers could use the 14 emergency sick days if their workplace or their child’s school is closed"

Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill

I think that's the sticky part. If no one is sick, you shouldn't be on sick leave.
Given that coronavirus kits are still not available to the general public through no fault of their own, just how does one go about proving that they or a member of their family has contacted this virus?

Apparently young people do not react as seriously to coronavirus, but even if they appear relatively healthy shouldn't they remain home as long as they are a carrier because they can still infect others?
 
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I'm sorry, but though you might see it this way and even act this way, most people just look at the price and the quality of the food and pay little mind to the health of the staff.
 
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No this is an employees market not an employers one. With low unemployment comes a shortage of workers. Right now workers have the power not the employers.
LOL.
 
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I mean long term health conditions, what does a person in the US with a long term health condition do to get treatment? Insurance policies have caps, medical treatment is expensive - what are the options?
The caps are a thing of the past because of Obamacare. Now it is the deductibles and surprise billings that get you.
 
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I'm sorry, but though you might see it this way and even act this way, most people just look at the price and the quality of the food and pay little mind to the health of the staff.

They do and they are stupid.
 
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That's not true. We got testing available in my home town three days ago. This virus? I'm talking about any sickness or health issue. That's what sick time is for.
 
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced a broad deal with the Trump administration on coronavirus relief legislation, though President Donald Trump has yet to publicly say that he backs the measure, which adds paid emergency leave and free testing for COVID-19.

"We are proud to have reached an agreement with the Administration to resolve outstanding challenges, and now will soon pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act," the California Democrat wrote in a "dear colleague" letter Friday evening.

Pelosi said in her letter that the legislation is made up of a number of provisions, including "free coronavirus testing for everyone who needs a test, including the uninsured."

The legislation will also provide, according to Pelosi, "paid emergency leave with two weeks of paid sick leave and up to three months of paid family and medical leave."

Throughout the day on Friday, however, uncertainty over whether the President would ultimately get behind the legislative package complicated negotiations.

Pelosi and Mnuchin have spoken again on Friday -- after speaking eight separate times over hours of intense negotiations on Thursday -- as they attempted to close out the final major hurdle.
"We'll get there," one aide involved told CNN. "We're as close to a deal as we can be without actually having one."
 
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"workers could use the 14 emergency sick days if their workplace or their child’s school is closed"

Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill

I think that's the sticky part. If no one is sick, you shouldn't be on sick leave.


In Australia all permanent full-time workers are entitled to 10 days personal leave a year. Personal leave covers sickness or a caring responsibility. Permanent part-time workers get the same leave pro-rata. This leave accumulates if it isn't used. Temporary workers get a loading on their hourly rate to cover not getting mandatory sick leave or the normal 4 or 5 weeks (mandatory)annual holidays.

The government has just announced that it will also be granting temporary workers a $40 a day cover for absence related to Coronavirus quarantine, illness or caring.

I get the impression that the US is one of the most industrially backward nations in the developed Western world.
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I get the impression that the US is one of the most industrially backward nations in the developed Western world.
OB

But we're the BEST number one, industrially backward nation ever and we're going to make sure we stay there! Because we're the BEST!
 
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All New Zealanders have has paid sick leave for decades.
 
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From the text of the bill

COVERED EMPLOYER.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—In subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the term ‘‘covered employer’’—

(I) means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activ- ity affecting commerce that—

(aa) in the case of a private entity or individual, employs fewer than 500 employees


Thank heavens the Republicans stepped in to make sure big businesses are safe from this emergency.
 
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"workers could use the 14 emergency sick days if their workplace or their child’s school is closed"

Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill

I think that's the sticky part. If no one is sick, you shouldn't be on sick leave.

I know, if people used it when the workplace was closed, then what would they use if they later get sick, or their family does? Frightening.
 
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