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Re:Funding for Covid-19 Projects by adrr on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:20PM (#22586388)
Sick leave is in the house bill that passed yesterday along with paid family leave. White house supports it so it should pass the senate with little problems.
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Re:Funding for Covid-19 Projects by gji on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:41PM (#22586570)
Those benefits only apply to people who work at companies that have less than 500 employees. Unfortunately, that leaves most people in the lurch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/coronavirus-pelos...

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Re:Funding for Covid-19 Projects by cheez on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:58PM (#22586695)
Those are the companies that won't survive without it. The bigger companies are expected to fund it themselves.
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Re:Funding for Covid-19 Projects by CPLX on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:38PM (#22586541)
No it isn’t. It excludes almost everyone.

That bill is an embarrassment. Doing something about that is kind of exactly what I’m talking about.

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