Health Care/Sick Leave Laws

Several new health care/sick leave laws may effect contract attorneys in several big city markets:

D.C. could become the second U.S. city to require employers to provide paid sick leave to all workers. The D.C. Council is scheduled to vote on the measure Jan. 8:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122702322.html


San Francisco already requires agencies to provide contract attorneys with paid sick leave. Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals also upheld a San Francisco ordinance which will now allow for universal health care within the city. A similar law is being proposed within the California legislature.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/09/BAQIUC2V1.DTL