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Emily Bridges: No one should have to choose between family and a paycheck
Dear Editor, Having a great home and job and a healthy family you can love and be with is the American dream. But without universal paid leave in Vermont, many workers are forced to make the terrible...
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A new law opens up unpaid leave for Vermont workers
Listen to this article Members of the House of Representatives work on legislation at the Statehouse in Montpelier on May 10, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Starting July 1, a new law is...
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‘An anomaly?’: Pay to state employees under investigation exceeds $2.6...
Since the start of 2020, taxpayers have funded more than $9 million in wages for state employees on paid leave while under investigation for alleged misconduct, state records show. And as of Dec. 12,...
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Nicole Sener: Pass a strong paid family and medical leave bill
This commentary is by Nicole Sener of Essex Junction. She is executive director of Milton Family Community Center (MFCC), one of Vermont’s 15 state-designated parent child centers. She brings to this...
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Letter to the editor: Vermont unions united for paid leave
This letter to the editor is by Deb Snell of Moretown, a registered nurse and president of the Vermont Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, AFT Vermont. Additional signatories are listed...
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Phil Scott announces expansion of voluntary paid leave program
Gov. Phil Scott speaks during a press conference at the Statehouse on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott’s administration announced that a voluntary paid family and...
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Vermont Democrats say they won’t pass paid family and medical leave this year
Vermont House Speaker Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, is admitting defeat for now. Senate leaders have made clear since before the session began that they believe an overhaul of the state’s child care...
View ArticleMichelle Fay: What kind of message is this? ‘Get back to work, and stay there’
This commentary is by Michelle Fay, executive director of Voices for Vermont’s Children, which is dedicated to advancement of public policy centering equity, justice, and the lived experience of...
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As child care rises to the top of the legislative agenda, Democrats fracture...
House Speaker Jill Krowinski, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth. File photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger On Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott announced that his administration would, at long...
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Gov. Phil Scott sets a voluntary paid leave program into motion
A paid family and medical leave program announced Tuesday by Gov. Phil Scott would reimburse up to 60% of a person’s wages for at least six weeks. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Three years...
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How your rep voted on minimum wage and paid leave
Rep. Sam Young, D-Greensboro, listens to debate on a paid family leave bill at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, January 23, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger This week, the House passed...
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Paid leave compromise finalized, but another fight looms on the horizon
Rep. Tom Stevens, D-Waterbury, left, confers with Rep Chip Troiano, D-Stannard, on the floor of the House in April 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger House and Senate negotiators finally hammered...
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Top lawmakers plan push for paid leave and minimum wage
Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, addresses the House of Representatives before adjournment at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, May 24, 2019. File photo by Glenn...
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Coalition proposes statewide family and medical leave insurance
Former Gov. Madeleine Kunin. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger A coalition of 17 nonprofit organizations and business groups says Vermont should guarantee paid family and medical leave to all...
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Legislative wrap: Sick leave, contractors and telecom see action
Gov. Peter Shumlin signs the paid sick leave bill into law. File photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger The Legislature’s business committees usually pass laws each year on telecommunications, economic...
View ArticlePaid Parental Leave Inaugurated at Chroma Technology
News Release — Chroma Technology February 18, 2016 Contact: Angela Earle Gray, HR Director aearlegray@chroma.com or 802-428-2530 Chroma Technology Corp., an employee-owned high tech manufacturer of...
View ArticleNFIB on paid leave bill
News Release — National Federation of Independent Business Feb. 17, 2016 Contact: Kris Jolin Capital Connections, LLC P: 802-223-9160 Capital-connect.com PAID LEAVE HEADS TO SHUMLIN’S DESK DESPITE...
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House passes Senate version of paid sick leave bill
Rep. Oliver Olsen. File photo by Josh Larkin/VTDigger The House voted Wednesday to concur with the Senate version of paid sick leave by a vote of 81 to 64, after a long drawn out debate. Rep. Oliver...
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Paid leave vote is delayed in House as five amendments surface
The House is expected to take up amendments to the paid sick leave bill Wednesday. File photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger The bill that was widely expected to soar through the Legislature this year and...
View ArticleMontpelier Sneak Peek: Pot budget and paid leave (one more time)
Just when you thought it was over, it’s not. The legislative process is iterative, if not deliberative. That is to say, just because the Senate believes an idea has merit, doesn’t mean the House will....
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