Cross-posted from the Economic Opportunity Institute: Work-life standards like Seattle’s new paid sick days law aren’t the only way public institutions can support strong, healthy families. Grant-making agencies can also have a significant influence. Take, for example, the new standards recently released by the National Science Foundation (NSF): Internal changes to a government agency’s home-and-workContinue reading “National Science Foundation grant-making supports healthy families – other federal agencies should follow suit”
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The WA Family Leave Coalition congratulates the Seattle Coalition on passing paid sick days!
On September 23, 2011, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed the Seattle Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance into law following an 8 to 1 vote by the City Council. The campaign by the Seattle Coalition for a Healthy Workforce generated wide earned media coverage and more e-mails and phone calls to Council members than any issueContinue reading “The WA Family Leave Coalition congratulates the Seattle Coalition on passing paid sick days!”
Seattle Mayor Signs Landmark Paid Sick Days Legislation
From the Seattle Coalition for a Healthy Workforce: Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn signed landmark city legislation into law today, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of people working in Seattle will be able to earn paid sick days on the job. When the new law takes effect next September, an estimated 150,000 workers who previously didContinue reading “Seattle Mayor Signs Landmark Paid Sick Days Legislation”
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