Punching In: School’s Out Means Paid Leave’s in for Some Workers

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Ben Penn: Workplace policy tensions developed rapidly over the first three months of the Covid-19 era—from a focus on WARN Act notices and unemployment benefits, and then occupational safety liability. Now, as states and localities relax stay-at-home orders, we’re re-entering a period in which paid leave coverage takes on greater significance.

Sure, Congress only extended paid sick and family leave benefits to workers at companies with fewer than 500 employees, and the new coverage doesn’t apply to the millions of workers laid off ...