Sick leave is meant to be used when you’re sick. Unless your company offers a blanket Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, allowing ...

Paid leave has emerged from the pandemic as a popular policy, frequently invoked as one route to move America forward from COVID-19 and its brutal impact on workforces nationwide. The U.S. is the only ...

Experts say you should use your sick time. (Getty Creative) Have you ever woken up with a scratchy throat and pounding headache, only to tell yourself that you really should push through it instead of ...

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan lawmakers have just days to reach a deal before the state requires small and large businesses to offer paid sick time to all employees. While lawmakers have made ...

UPDATE, 02/21/2025, 12:10 a.m. — SB 8 and HB 4002 passed through both the House and Senate with enough support to go into effect immediately, but Gov. Whitmer has yet to sign the bills. It’s unclear ...

Erica had been working for four years as a pediatric nurse in Tennessee when the pandemic hit. When her child began to experience COVID-19 symptoms, Erica found herself with less than a day of paid ...

LANSING, Mich. — In a late-night session, lawmakers in Lansing reached a compromise on two crucial bills, preserving the state's tipped wage credit and adjusting requirements for employees earning ...

Major freight railroads are facing pressure to add sick days for their workers from a new front: An influential investment group says some of its members are pushing the measure that Congress declined ...

Locally owned businesses in downtown Lansing participate in Small Business Saturday. The annual event encourages consumers to skip big box retailers in favor of mom-and-pop shops. Michigan’s Earned ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Business owners around Grand Rapids are calling on lawmakers to change the state’s new law on paid sick time, set to take effect in February. In July, the Michigan Supreme ...