Posts tagged Sick Leave
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Breakfast links: Vision Zero falls short
Zero vision, zero progress?; Is he the leader DCPS needs?; Fight for $15; Money is the best medicine; Uber vs. Maryland; Metro’s new money man; DC under Obama; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paid leave makes leaps
One step closer to paid leave; Bowser meets Trump; McMillan breaks ground … sort of; Billboard bill burns brighter; Grimke back to the drawing board; More VRE, please; That’s no monument; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Slow ride, take it easy
Fire culprit; A safe trip; Split rides off; Homers, not rides home; Free ridesharing; Sick leave in MoCo; Statehood push continues; Virginia’s budget; Washington Gas avoidance; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gymnastics, diving, and urban planning?
Planning’s Olympic moment; Not the usual Fairfax news; Orange you going to resign; Blind referee’s Purple call; Streetcar’s expectations exceeded; Nursing home sale fallout; The price of walkability; Art before development; Help for MoCo parents; Pokémon’s location bias; Boon for boomer landlords. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Snow daze
Winter is coming; Transit shutting down; Bowser will stomp this snow; How 1 inch of snow was so bad; Paid leave in limbo; I-66 HOT mess; Alexandria’s transportation funding; New building at UDC. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here we go again
Chaos in ANC 5D; Mayor’s first year; Alexandria’s new mayor; Paid leave for MD?; Another tragedy; MTP to tackle bad behavior; New park plans; End to a deadly year; Self-destructive housing advocates; Less talk, more action. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple people mover
Purple planning in Bethesda; Take it or leave it; Perilous platforms; Fund us, finally; Public pier coming soon; More cycling in Virginia; Glimmer of hope; Benefits of density; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tolls, top dogs, and time off
One-way tolls only; More on Mr. Cohen; Paid leave in Montgomery; Fairfax bikeshare; Prince George’s jobs; No new people for AU Park; Rising rent; Spooky sidenotes. Keep reading…
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DC’s family leave bill may need work, but kneejerk reactions won’t make it better
DC’s proposed Family Leave Act, if adopted, would be the nation’s most ambitious paid leave program for workers. The Washington Post recently published a kneejerk opposition to it that’s based on several flawed understandings of the bill, and it’s important to set the record straight. Keep reading…
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I’m an employer, and I support DC’s family leave bill
Employees who work in DC could soon be entitled to 16 weeks of paid time off for the birth of a child, to care for a sick family member, or recover from illness, under a bill introduced this week. As someone who runs a small nonprofit that will soon employ three people, I think this is a great idea. As someone who writes about the forces that affect where people live, I also think it’s… Keep reading…