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Advocates say Senate leader won’t bring paid leave bill to the floor
Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe responds to Gov. Phil Scott’s budget address. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The paid family leave bill, H.196, is facing resistance from the Senate leader,...
View ArticleHow House and Senate incumbents voted on guns, pot and minimum wage
VTDigger has published a run down of roll call votes on marijuana, paid leave, a $15 minimum wage and new gun restrictions, including: bump stocks, the magazine ban, a 21-year-old purchase age and...
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Paid leave, 24-hour gun waiting period make crossover
Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, presides at the podium at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, March 22, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The House tax panel advanced a...
View ArticleRobin Scheu: Medical leave essential to paid leave program
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Robin Scheu, a Democrat of Middlebury who represents the Addison-1 District in the Vermont House of Representatives. She is the lead sponsor of H.107. When the...
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Montpelier Sneak Peek: End of session deja vu? Pot, paid leave and Act 46 on...
House Chamber, Vermont Statehouse. Photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger The past two weeks have been deja vu all over again at the Statehouse. House members have been scrambling around in end-of-session...
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Senate panel trims some workers from paid sick leave bill
Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland. File Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerA Senate committee Thursday voted 5-0 to approve to a paid sick time bill that contains some significant differences from a House...
View ArticleSenate gives initial approval to paid sick leave bill
The Senate gave a preliminary nod to a labor bill on Tuesday that gives workers the right to earn sick leave time. The legislation, H.187, has been in the works for more than a decade and was passed by...
View ArticleSenate approves paid sick leave
The state Senate on Wednesday approved a new mandate requiring all businesses in Vermont to offer sick leave benefits to employees. The legislation will now go back to the House, where lawmakers may...
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UPDATED: Doyle triggers Senate revote next week on paid sick leave
State Sen. Bill Doyle, R-Washington, appears in the Montpelier Fourth of July parade on July 3, 2015. Photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger A last-ditch, behind-the-scenes effort to dilute a sick leave bill...
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Obama official encourages Vermont to adopt paid sick leave bill
Chris Lu, deputy secretary of the Department of Labor. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu stopped in Montpelier Monday as part of a national tour to support cities and states that are considering...
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Senate passes sick leave bill without small business exemption
Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell addresses lawmakers on the opening day of the 2016 legislative session. Photo by Roger Crowley/VTDigger Following a dramatic vote-reversal last week, the Vermont...
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Inside the Golden Bubble: Swing votes, Sanders and Gov. Shap?
There was more hold-your-breath drama in the Vermont Senate this week when the paid sick leave bill rose back up again. Meanwhile, in the House, a resurrection of another kind may be in the making....
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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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...
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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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