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SHRM, Democrats Tangle Over Paid-Sick-Days Bill
… afraid of losing their jobs. Woolsey asserted that only 8 percent of workers have paid family and medical leave. Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut and author of the bill, said that almost half of private-sector workers lack paid sick days . SHRM …
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Employers' Legislative Pain: It Only Hurts When You Smile?
… warned that particular bills would undermine their ability to turn a profit. At the hearing on paid sick days, Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, noted that business was in a lather about the Family and Medical Leave Act before it was signed …
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Dodd, DeLauro to Offer Emergency H1N1 Sick Days Bill
… Senate health subcommittee on children and families, announced at a hearing Tuesday, November 10, that he and Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, intend to formally introduce the legislation in coming weeks. He and DeLauro portrayed paid sick …
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Senate May Take Up Another Pay Bill Before End of Term
… bite is not as easy as it is for card check. We have a lot of work to do.â Â In her testimony at the hearing, Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut and author of the House version of the bill, said that companies have adjusted to race-based …
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Hearing Indicates Emergency Paid Leave Bill May Be Modified
… illness. An emergency sick leave measure introduced November 17 by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Connecticut, and Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, addresses the issue . The Dodd-DeLauro bill, modeled after DeLauroâ s Healthy Families Act …
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H1N1 Paid Sick Leave Splits Democrats, Advocacy Groups
… gives employers too much power to determine who can stay home. The author of broader paid sick leave legislation, Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, is not on board . â I am concerned that the Miller billâ while a modest step forwardâ would establish …
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Populism Turns Focus to HR-Related Policy Issues
… labor committee chairman, to hold a hearing. "We're going to keep plugging on . and get this done." Dodd and Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, argue that in many families men have lost jobs, forcing women to pick up the pay slack. They …
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Democrats Believe Pay Equity Will Pay Off in Election
… because they're addressing issues like pay equity. "There is a sense of economic insecurity for women," said Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut and author of the paycheck bill. "It's palpable nationwide." Republicans will have to figure …
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Pay Discrimination Bill May Finally Be Headed to House Floor
… t occur until Democrats captured the majority last year. Now it could be speeding along. The billâ s author, Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, said it could be placed on the House calendar for a vote as early as the week of July 28. â …
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DeLauro Says Paid Sick Days Bill Won’t Disrupt PTO Plans
… outbreak , President Barack Obama told ill workers to stay home so that they wouldnâ t infect their colleagues. Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, found irony in the warnings. She says that tens of millions of Americans canâ t take time off …
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House OKs Pay Discrimination Bill Ushering in Punitive, Compensatory Damages
… all women and all men without taking into account factors like experience and education. The billâ s author, Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, dismissed that argument, saying that schooling does not ameliorate pay disparities. â The gap …
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Paid Sick Leave Bill’s Impact Depends on Legislative Details
… than 30 hours. Unused days could roll over from year to year. A similar bill has been introduced in the House by Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut. Kennedy promotes the bill as a vehicle for economic fairness, arguing that almost half of private …
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States Aim to Extend Reach of Family Leave
… are also efforts under way on Capitol Hill to provide paid leave. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, and Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, have reintroduced the Healthy Families Act, which would require companies with more than 15 …
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Pricing Back Pay Into the Cost of Doing Business
… that the Equal Pay Act, which was passed in 1963, needed to be updated. She has signed on to a bill written by Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, that would allow women to sue for punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages already …
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House Approves Pay Discrimination Bill Again, Sends to Obama
… based on factors other than sex. The Senate has put off consideration of the paycheck bill, which was written by Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut. She said that the effort to address unfair pay would continue. â That process starts in earnest …
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Does Discrimination Depress Women’s Pay
… by December 31 of the previous year. The House Education and Labor Committee met to discuss a bill introduced by Rep . Rosa DeLauro , D-Connecticut, that would strengthen federal equal pay laws. But it was the study, "Behind the Pay Gap …
