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Congratulations on paid sick and safe leave, Spokane!

On Monday, the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance assuring most people working in the city the right to earn paid sick and safe leave starting next year.  The Council voted 6 to 1 for the ordinance. At the start

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Jersey City passes 7th paid sick days law in US – will Tacoma be next?

Yesterday, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop signed paid sick days legislation into law that ensures businesses with 10 or more employees will offer up to five paid sick days a year to their employees. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees can

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If you’re looking for a reason to eat at Grand Central Bakery today, here it is

In the recent dust-up over a local coffee shop’s signs about (and surcharge for) paid sick days, you might have missed this, from the owners of Grand Central Bakery:

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The Snowball Effect: Portland taking steps toward city-wide paid sick days standard

Seattle’s landmark paid sick days law ensures hundreds of thousands of people working in Seattle can earn paid sick days on the job – and now Portland is taking steps to do the same. More than 60 percent of Portlanders

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