President signs executive order,bypassing Republican CongressSpeech to Boston breakfast peppered with jokes approximately Tom BradyShowing solidarity with workers on Labor Day, President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors, or including 300000 who currently receive none. The White House would not specify the cost to federal contractors to implement the executive order,which Obama detailed in a speech to a major union rally and breakfast in Boston. The Labor Department said any costs would be offset by savings contractors would see as a result of lower attrition rates and increased worker loyalty, but produced nothing to back that up. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com