Breaking News: Washington’s House Appropriations Committee just passed House Bill 1313 Establishing standards for paid sick and safe leave, by a vote of 18 – 13. Thank you Representative Laurie Jinkins for sponsoring this bill and Representative Hunter for bringing it to a vote. Congratulations to the Washington Work and Family Coalition for bringing theContinue reading “Paid Sick and Safe Days clears hurdle, passes House committee!”
Category Archives: Paid Sick Days
Family Leave and Paid Sick Days hang in the balance – contact your legislators!
Have you called or emailed your legislators yet about Family & Medical Leave and Paid Sick Days? If not, now is the time! Here’s what’s happened so far this week: Family and Medical Leave Insurance, HB 1457 had a hearing in House Finance, but was not scheduled for a vote in the last committee meetingContinue reading “Family Leave and Paid Sick Days hang in the balance – contact your legislators!”
If you need one more reason to eat at Grand Central Bakery, here it is
In the recent dust-up over one Seattle coffee shop’s signs about – and surcharge for – paid sick days, you might have missed this comment from the owners of Grand Central Bakery: …paid sick leave amounts to a relatively small thing for an employer translating to a relatively huge thing for a sick employee. ForContinue reading “If you need one more reason to eat at Grand Central Bakery, here it is”
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