Paid sick leave continues to make inroads across the country, even as congressional Republicans put it out of reach for the nation as a whole. This week, the Chicago City Council voted 48-0 to join the 34 other cities, counties, and states with sick leave laws: The law will benefit about 460,000 workers—42 percent of the city’s private sector workforce—who currently lack paid sick leave.
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