Many communities across the Mountain West were once known as “sundown towns.” Those are places that once had policies to force people of color to leave town by nightfall. If they didn’t, they could be arrested or worse. One town in Nevada is grappling with its racist legacy.
Many communities across the Mountain West were once known as “sundown towns.” Those are places that once had policies to force people of color to leave
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California’s Three Days Paid Leave Not Enough Against COVID Federal and state regulations that required two weeks of paid leave to recover from COVID-19 expired on Jan. 1, leaving many state workers with the mandated minimum of just three days sick leave. Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times | March 8, 2021 | Analysis
(TNS) Millions of California workers are staring down the pandemic with no clear access to an economic safety net if they take time off, a situation that is deepening the state s COVID-19 crisis and galvanizing policymakers to extend sick-leave mandates.
Federal and state measures that required most businesses to offer two weeks of paid leave to recover from the coronavirus, or to quarantine in case of exposure, expired Jan. 1. Golden State employees have since been left with three days of mandated sick leave for any illness, the state minimum, although employers may choose to give more.
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Millions of California workers are staring down the pandemic with no clear access to an economic safety net if they take time off, a situation that is deepening the state’s COVID-19 crisis and galvanizing policymakers to extend sick-leave mandates.
Federal and state measures that required most businesses to offer two weeks of paid leave to recover from the coronavirus, or to quarantine in case of exposure, expired Jan. 1. Golden State employees have since been left with three days of mandated sick leave for any illness, the state minimum, although employers may choose to give more.
With the virus continuing to infect thousands of Californians every week and dangerous variants spreading, the Legislature is set to vote in the coming weeks on whether to reinstate the two-week obligation. That follows weeks of debate in Sacramento that has drawn worker advocates and business groups into unusually broad coalitions, for and against.