Last week the state of California became known in the U.S for adopting a law on sick leave pay that will come into effect in July 2015. The law requires employers in the state to give workers paid sick leave In a country where almost half the workers do not benefit from paid sick leave, the Golden State is only second in the U.S. to approve paid sick leave and only about half a dozen cities have adopted similar measures. Employee representatives hope the Californian legislation will encourage its equivalent at the federal level.
Democrat assembly member Lorena Gonzalez: “No parent should have to experience the heartache of having to choose between making the rent and taking care of their child”. Authored by Ms. Gonzalez, the bill called the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 went to the parliament of California and was signed into law last week by Governor Edmund G. Brown. California marks the second state requiring employers to pay their workers paid sick leave providing they have worked for 30 days in
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