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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...
View ArticleSanders Announces Family Values Agenda
WASHINGTON, June 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today outlined a family values agenda, a package of legislation to provide paid family and medical leave, paid sick leave and paid vacation. “When you...
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Paid leave groups gather public input at forums
Kerry Secrest, a Brattleboro resident who serves on the Vermont Commission on Women, speaks Tuesday morning during a forum on paid family and medical leave at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro. Photo...
View ArticleVermont Women’s Commission receives $173,000 to study paid leave
Advocates for statewide paid family and medical leave received a boost Tuesday with the announcement of a federal grant to study the concept. The Vermont Commission on Women will receive $173,794 to...
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Summit spotlights financial woes faced by women
Laura Hale, of the Vermont Coalition of Clinics for the Uninsured, speaking at the Women’s Economic Security Summit on Oct. 8. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger. Women are less economically secure than...
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Session 2016 preview: Way paved for passage of paid sick leave
Lindsay DesLauriers, center, head of the Main Street Alliance, stands among supporters at a news conference at Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex in September 2013. File photo by Viola Gad/VTDigger A bill...
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Senate hears dueling views of House’s paid leave bill
Lindsay DesLauriers, center, head of the Main Street Alliance, stands among supporters at a news conference at Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex. File photo by Viola Gad/VTDiggerBusiness owners are split...
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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...
View ArticleLisman urges Senate to reconsider paid leave mandate and pass exemption for...
News Release — Lisman for Governor February 4, 2016 Media Contact: Shawn Shouldice, 802-279-0092 Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Lisman this morning called on the Vermont State Senate to reconsider their...
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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 ArticleLt. Gov. Phil Scott Issues Statement on Small Business Exemption Amendment
News Release — Lt. Gov. Phil Scott February 10, 2016 Contact: Rachel Feldman 802-828-2226 (o) 802-272-2256 (cell) Lt. Governor Phil Scott today issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of...
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...
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...
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...
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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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