Microsoft said Thursday that it will push its U.S. suppliers to give their employees paid time off—but that only applies for the staffers that do work for Microsoft.
Business
Mar 26, 2015
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Sick leave in the UK has hit its highest rate in 15 years and is well above pre-pandemic levels, a study showed Tuesday.
Economics & Business
Sep 26, 2023
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More than a quarter of U.S. jobs are guaranteed paid sick leave thanks to state laws enacted over the past decade, according to a new study from researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health. Twelve states have passed ...
Economics & Business
Feb 10, 2022
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The devastation wrought by the COVID-19 outbreak is not only evident in the skyrocketing number of cases reported on the coronavirus tracking map produced by Johns Hopkins University, it's also evident in the falling prices ...
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2020
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You've probably heard about the "great resignation" which saw large numbers of people resigning from their jobs in the US in 2021 and 2022.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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Governments across the developed world have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by making welfare states vastly more generous. Historical parallels suggest that this munificence may endure even as the pandemic recedes.
Economics & Business
Jun 24, 2020
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At the national Australia Day ceremony in 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke of the contribution by frontline workers during the pandemic. He mentioned health workers, the defense forces, the police and farmers, as ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2022
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Seattle has been seen as a leader on workers' rights with moves that include gradually raising the minimum wage and requiring most employers to provide paid sick leave.
Business
Dec 15, 2015
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The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the degree to which we depend on the work of others. This is particularly true of essential workers like truck drivers, grocery store employees and hospital nurses who are ensuring the ...
Social Sciences
May 6, 2020
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While health leaders and policymakers race to limit the spread of COVID-19, the emerging crisis is having a dramatic impact on millions of healthy Americans—in restaurants, offices, taxicabs, classrooms and other places ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2020
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