Just when everyone thought President Barack Obama was done doling out executive orders on labor and employment issues, he’s back with another. The president celebrated Labor Day on Monday by unveiling a new order requiring paid sick leave for employees working under federal contracts.
The order, the White House says, will cover an additional 300,000 workers who currently don’t have paid sick leave, a small, but not insignificant, portion of the more than 40 million U.S. workers in the private sector estimated to be without a paid sick leave option. In-house counsel at companies that have contracts with the federal government need to be aware of the new rules and how their workforces might be affected. And that’s not even taking into account the various rules in force or soon to take effect in jurisdictions across the country.
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