Senate Democrats are already lining up against legislation that would create a federal paid family leave policy for workers to access for the birth of a child or the caring of an ill family member. The bill, known as the Economic Security for New Parents Act will allow parents to borrow from Social Security when…
Read More »President Trump’s daughter and key advisor, Ivanka Trump, was discussing paid leave with Senators this week, explaining changes that the administration would endorse in pending paid leave proposals. The current plan put forth by republicans would give employees the option to contribute tax-free dollars to a Parental Savings Account from which funds could be withdrawn…
Read More »As we advised you last week in this space, the President included paid parental leave in his 2018 budget blueprint, recommending a process that is mandatory but not uniform, in that the final details will be left to the individual states. Trump’s budget mandates six weeks of paid parental leave (for both, mothers and fathers)…
Read More »Provisions in the ballot questions of two of the aforementioned states also mandate that private employers provide paid leave to employees under certain circumstances. Washington’s Initiative 433 (I-433) provides that beginning in 2018, employees will earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked. Proposition 206 in Arizona, which passed by a…
Read More »The state of Idaho became the latest to prohibit the imposition of local minimum wages a bill prohibiting political subdivisions from setting minimum wages above the state minimum become law without the signature of Governor Butch Otter. The Governor’s staff explained that he didn’t sign or veto the legislation because he was “conflicted” about whether…
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