http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3224764/On-Labor-Day-Obama-extend-paid-leave-contractors.html#ixzz3l2yCQvZkPresident Obama observes Labor Day with a new executive order giving federal employees paid sick leave
Workers get 1 hour paid leave for every 30 hours' work, under new order
It means all employees on federal contracts will earn up to 7 days a year
The order will affect contracts starting in 2017- when Obama leaves office
Obama will sign the order on Monday to coincide with Labor Day
By Associated Press
Published: 23:02 EST, 6 September 2015 | Updated: 04:15 EST, 7 September 2015
Showing solidarity with workers on Labor Day, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors, including 300,000 who currently receive none.
The White House wouldn't specify the cost to federal contractors to implement the executive order, which Obama was to address at a major union rally and breakfast in Boston.
The Labor Department said any costs would be offset by savings that contractors would see as a result of lower attrition rates and increased worker loyalty, but produced nothing to back that up.
Under the executive order, employees working on federal contracts gain the right to a minimum of one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours they work.
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