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In the last two years, Arizona , Rhode Island and the three biggest U.S. cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — have passed laws that let workers use sick days to care for anyone who's like family to them. Similar laws also passed...
On Labor Day next week, let’s celebrate that local workers have won a new and important right. On July 1, paid sick time became the law in Chicago and parts of Cook County. At a time when the gap between the rich and poor is growing,...
As the holiday weekend approaches, many employers in Chicago and Cook County find themselves scrambling to prepare for the Chicago and Cook County Paid Sick Leave Ordinances that will take effect this Saturday, July 1, 2017. The Ordinances, though straightforward in their purpose of providing...
Before we were restaurant owners, we were restaurant workers. We've worked for tips, had no sick pay and risked our jobs for calling in sick. On our shifts, we learned from other restaurant workers about their experiences on the job. The restaurants were all different,...
