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Paid Sick Leave

KarenQVC — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:54:48 GMT

I wonder when the this starts. We could use it right away.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:03:31 GMT

Was there an official program announced?

First you'd have to have a job then you would need a dr's slip you tested positive. So after your quarrantine is over, then you can file.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:04:14 GMT

I heard today my cousins employer has enacted two week work from home schedule.

And those who are sick with this virus (or other sickness) are being paid and no sick time is charged. I applaud this employer taking entire staff into consideration. Of course, all employees have access to do their jobs remotely.

I hope all employers consider their employees and pay them.

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:29:43 GMT

@Snowpuppy You might want to listen to our president's speech that he gave tonight..

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KarenQVC — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:32:23 GMT

The bill is heard before house committee tomorrow.

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KarenQVC — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:33:44 GMT

I hope it covers people like Uber drivers.

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doxie1 — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:42:59 GMT

@KarenQVC

Do you have corona virus?

doxie

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:46:48 GMT

The bill as proposed only covers employees so those in the gig economy like Uber, my hairdresser, etc are not covered.

Also, these days must be accrued. After a year, you'd have a week.

Appears to be dead on arrival as employers are only offered a tax credit after implementation.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:48:47 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Snowpuppy You might want to listen to our president's speech that he gave tonight..

I tried to find it in it's entirety and couldn't. I did find the legislation.

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:10:11 GMT

@Snowpuppy I found it on YouTube.....just do a search for The President's Speech tonight at 9:00 EST on the Coronavirus on You Tube.

Also being replayed right now on some news channels.

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KarenQVC — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 03:52:15 GMT

Veep said it starts end of the week.

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NicksmomESQ — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 04:18:59 GMT

Big employers can & should do this. I don't see how small businesses can be forced to do this. A lot of them can't afford it.

My girlfriends husband is an accountant for a small family run business.He was already told that they can't afford to pay him if he can't come to work.He doesn't have the ability to work from home.So he would have to use his 5 days of sick time or his allotted vacation time .If he uses that up he's out of luck.His boss said that if they had to close & were forced to pay employees they will have no choice but to close the business.

My DH is lucky.He works for a big company.He has worked from home 4 days a week for the last several years.His boss just told him not to bother to come in at all.To just work from home indefinitely.

The trickle down affects of this virus can cripple the country.I hope & pray we all come out in one piece, safe & financially secure.

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AnjalenaQVC — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:21:48 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC because it is political.

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CalminHeart — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:25:04 GMT

I recently retired from a huge international corporation. Over the last 10 years, they took away a lot of benefits including a huge chunk of PTO. It's difficult to imagine them voluntarily giving additional paid time off if diagnosed. Who knows, there is always a chance they'll grow grow hearts.

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Snoopp — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:37:49 GMT

The Wynne in Las Vegas will offer full pay if you are out sick with the COVID-19 virus. They also offer 5 days sick pay in addition to this.

I applaud them for doing what they can.

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Mominohio — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:48:43 GMT

This may sound odd, but my husband works for UPS and they have no sick leave and no PTO.

They get paid very well, they get up to 6 weeks of vacation when there for years, but they make them schedule vacation for the year, by January 1st. He has short and long term disability (I think we pay for those), but he has no pay if he has to be off sick for a few days with an illness.

He has almost 20 years in and has never missed a day. I'm guessing if he had a health issue, they would load his vacation pay to cover it till it ran out, but they have no sick days, and nothing like a PTO that you can take at the drop of a hat for issues like sickness.

It may not be that way in all UPS areas, and he is not a Teamster, but part of a different union, which might cause this. But I've always thought for the excellent pay and benefits they do have, the lack of even a few days sick leave per year was odd.

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:08:15 GMT

@doxie1 wrote:
@KarenQVC

Do you have corona virus?

doxie

She thinks anyone that wants the test should just be able to go have it done, multiple times if need be...

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suzyQ3 — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:26:16 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
@doxie1 wrote:
@KarenQVC

Do you have corona virus?

doxie
She thinks anyone that wants the test should just be able to go have it done, multiple times if need be...

I'm curious how her test opinions and whether she has the virus have anything to do with the subject of this thread? I must be missing something.

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doxie1 — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:10:21 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
@doxie1 wrote:
@KarenQVC

Do you have corona virus?

doxie
She thinks anyone that wants the test should just be able to go have it done, multiple times if need be...

@CelticCrafter

Thank you for your response.

doxie

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Porcelain — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:11:39 GMT

Last I heard it got killed in the Senate. Should have negotiated and figured that all out before announcing it.