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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1173977/ Northern Ireland civil service sick days at highest in 20 years #CivilService #NorthernIreland #SickLeave #UK #UnitedKingdom

Union heightens calls to boost funding, staffing at Social Security

Rising workloads, staffing losses and limited resources — now coupled with recent benefits policy changes for employees —…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #americanfederationofgovernmentemployees #AngelaDigeronimo #annualleave #Business #FrankBisignano #jessicalapointe #PersonalFinance #richcouture #Sickleave #socialsecurityadministration
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/810604/

Union heightens calls to boost funding, staffing at Social Security

Rising workloads, staffing losses and limited resources — now coupled with recent benefits policy changes for employees —…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Personalfinance #americanfederationofgovernmentemployees #AngelaDigeronimo #annualleave #Business #FrankBisignano #jessicalapointe #PersonalFinance #richcouture #Sickleave #socialsecurityadministration
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/810604/

Off sick for up to ten years: what lies behind Germany’s teacher shortage

Germany’s schools are facing a structural staffing crisis. More teachers have been hired and the federal states are…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #AlexanderKing #NorthRhine-Westphalia #sickleave #StandingConference #StandingConferenceoftheMinistersofEducation
https://www.europesays.com/germany/70304/

Off sick for up to ten years: what lies behind Germany’s teacher shortage https://www.byteseu.com/2265063/ #AlexanderKing #Germany #NorthRhineWestphalia #SickLeave #StandingConference #StandingConferenceOfTheMinistersOfEducation

Germany’s high absenteeism points to larger problem

The number of sick leave days taken by AOK members due to mental health issues has risen by…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #lee-national #sickleave
https://www.europesays.com/germany/63084/

Germany’s high absenteeism points to larger problem https://www.byteseu.com/2235771/ #Germany #LeeNational #SickLeave

https://www.europesays.com/ie/605826/ Teachers took over 3,400 days of leave in two years after assaults at work #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #DepartmentOfEducation #education #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PrimarySchools #SickLeave #Teachers #TopStories #TopStories #WorkplaceSafety

Seoul Prosecutors Launch Discipline Probe Over Repeated Sick Leave, Absences

Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Yonhap News With the abolition of the prosecution service about three months away,…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Seoul #disciplinaryaction #Koreaprosecutionreform #ParkChul-woo #prosecutionabolition #SeoulCentralDistrictProsecutors'Office #sickleave #supplementaryinvestigationpowers #workdiscipline
https://www.europesays.com/korea/92280/

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us .

Dear Senator / Representative:

Many Americans must provide a doctor's note if they are going to miss five days of work in a row and use any paid leave to cover this time. Because ordinary Americans must justify their medical absences to HR, I want you to draft and push forward legislation that requires the same of Congress, all federally-elected individuals, and all Cabinet appointments, be they confirmed or acting.

If any person in any of these roles is to miss five days of work for a medical reason, I want I doctor's note provided to Congressional Majority Leaders, Congressional Minority Leaders, and the head of OMB. These notes do not need to be made public, but they should be subject to Freedom of Information Acts.

Failure to provide a note that would meet normal HR standards would be a loss of pay, starting after day 5 of their absence.

I want all federal officials - elected, appointed, and acting - subjected to the same medical leave standards required of the rest of us.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #PTO #SickLeave #MedicalLeave #Healthcare

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us .

Dear Senator / Representative:

Many Americans must provide a doctor's note if they are going to miss five days of work in a row and use any paid leave to cover this time. Because ordinary Americans must justify their medical absences to HR, I want you to draft and push forward legislation that requires the same of Congress, all federally-elected individuals, and all Cabinet appointments, be they confirmed or acting.

If any person in any of these roles is to miss five days of work for a medical reason, I want I doctor's note provided to Congressional Majority Leaders, Congressional Minority Leaders, and the head of OMB. These notes do not need to be made public, but they should be subject to Freedom of Information Acts.

Failure to provide a note that would meet normal HR standards would be a loss of pay, starting after day 5 of their absence.

I want all federal officials - elected, appointed, and acting - subjected to the same medical leave standards required of the rest of us.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #PTO #SickLeave #MedicalLeave #Healthcare

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us .

Dear Senator / Representative:

Many Americans must provide a doctor's note if they are going to miss five days of work in a row and use any paid leave to cover this time. Because ordinary Americans must justify their medical absences to HR, I want you to draft and push forward legislation that requires the same of Congress, all federally-elected individuals, and all Cabinet appointments, be they confirmed or acting.

If any person in any of these roles is to miss five days of work for a medical reason, I want I doctor's note provided to Congressional Majority Leaders, Congressional Minority Leaders, and the head of OMB. These notes do not need to be made public, but they should be subject to Freedom of Information Acts.

Failure to provide a note that would meet normal HR standards would be a loss of pay, starting after day 5 of their absence.

I want all federal officials - elected, appointed, and acting - subjected to the same medical leave standards required of the rest of us.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #PTO #SickLeave #MedicalLeave #Healthcare

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us .

Dear Senator / Representative:

Many Americans must provide a doctor's note if they are going to miss five days of work in a row and use any paid leave to cover this time. Because ordinary Americans must justify their medical absences to HR, I want you to draft and push forward legislation that requires the same of Congress, all federally-elected individuals, and all Cabinet appointments, be they confirmed or acting.

If any person in any of these roles is to miss five days of work for a medical reason, I want I doctor's note provided to Congressional Majority Leaders, Congressional Minority Leaders, and the head of OMB. These notes do not need to be made public, but they should be subject to Freedom of Information Acts.

Failure to provide a note that would meet normal HR standards would be a loss of pay, starting after day 5 of their absence.

I want all federal officials - elected, appointed, and acting - subjected to the same medical leave standards required of the rest of us.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #PTO #SickLeave #MedicalLeave #Healthcare

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us .

Dear Senator / Representative:

Many Americans must provide a doctor's note if they are going to miss five days of work in a row and use any paid leave to cover this time. Because ordinary Americans must justify their medical absences to HR, I want you to draft and push forward legislation that requires the same of Congress, all federally-elected individuals, and all Cabinet appointments, be they confirmed or acting.

If any person in any of these roles is to miss five days of work for a medical reason, I want I doctor's note provided to Congressional Majority Leaders, Congressional Minority Leaders, and the head of OMB. These notes do not need to be made public, but they should be subject to Freedom of Information Acts.

Failure to provide a note that would meet normal HR standards would be a loss of pay, starting after day 5 of their absence.

I want all federal officials - elected, appointed, and acting - subjected to the same medical leave standards required of the rest of us.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #PTO #SickLeave #MedicalLeave #Healthcare

Germany bans sick leave without a doctor’s note as employers call for Aussie workplace crackdown

German workers will now need to get a doctor’s certificate in person on the first day of their…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Australia #employers #leaveentitlements #medicalcertificate #medicalcertificates #personalleave #sickleave
https://www.europesays.com/germany/50327/

https://www.europesays.com/people/143317/ Medical Groups Say New German Work Rule Is ‘Madness’ #CDU #DoctorVisit #Doctors #employers #FriedrichMerz #Germany #SickLeave #SPD #workers

@FAU

( Note: the US has no federal law requiring employers to pay #sickleave.
Neither does India or Japan. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/new-sick-leave-rules-germany-workplace/106883298

Sick Leave Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_leave

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions

@FAU

( Note: the US has no federal law requiring employers to pay #sickleave.
Neither does India or Japan. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/new-sick-leave-rules-germany-workplace/106883298

Sick Leave Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_leave

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions

@FAU

( Note: the US has no federal law requiring employers to pay #sickleave.
Neither does India or Japan. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/new-sick-leave-rules-germany-workplace/106883298

Sick Leave Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_leave

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions

@FAU

( Note: the US has no federal law requiring employers to pay #sickleave.
Neither does India or Japan. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/new-sick-leave-rules-germany-workplace/106883298

Sick Leave Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_leave

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions

@FAU

( Note: the US has no federal law requiring employers to pay #sickleave.
Neither does India or Japan. )

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-07/new-sick-leave-rules-germany-workplace/106883298

Sick Leave Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_leave

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity #unions

https://www.europesays.com/ie/569738/ 'Exceptionally aggressive': Germany's new sick leave laws wouldn't work here, say businesses – The Journal #Absenteeism #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Business #Éire #EmploymentLaw #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Germany #Headlines #IE #Ireland #isme #LabourLaws #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #nein #News #SickLeave #SickNotes #TopStories #TopStories

Germany bans phone-in sick notes, requires same-day doctor’s certificate

Other elements of the reform package Beyond sick leave, the package includes income tax relief worth more than…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #sickleave #Sicknotes
https://www.europesays.com/germany/48146/

Germany bans phone-in sick notes, requires same-day doctor’s certificate https://www.byteseu.com/2163250/ #Germany #SickLeave #SickNotes

As a GP in Germany, I struggle with the claim that “people don’t want to work.” In daily practice, I see the opposite: many patients push themselves to keep working, even when they should rest. They worry about burdening colleagues, unfinished tasks, or upcoming deadlines.

If we want to understand rising sick leave, we need to look at real factors: increasing workload, constant pressure, lack of recovery time, social isolation, and overall exhaustion. Reducing this to a question of “motivation” ignores both evidence and lived experience.

In my experience, people who genuinely try to avoid work are a tiny minority. Framing the issue this way feels similar to old narratives about unemployment—oversimplified, misleading, and disconnected from reality.

#MedMastodon #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #WorkStress #MentalHealth #SickLeave #HealthPolicy #Germany #Arbeitswelt #Burnout #PublicHealth #Reform #AU #Arbeitsunfähigkeit #Gesundheitsreform #gesundheitspolitik #gesundheitssystem

As a GP in Germany, I struggle with the claim that “people don’t want to work.” In daily practice, I see the opposite: many patients push themselves to keep working, even when they should rest. They worry about burdening colleagues, unfinished tasks, or upcoming deadlines.

If we want to understand rising sick leave, we need to look at real factors: increasing workload, constant pressure, lack of recovery time, social isolation, and overall exhaustion. Reducing this to a question of “motivation” ignores both evidence and lived experience.

In my experience, people who genuinely try to avoid work are a tiny minority. Framing the issue this way feels similar to old narratives about unemployment—oversimplified, misleading, and disconnected from reality.

#MedMastodon #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #WorkStress #MentalHealth #SickLeave #HealthPolicy #Germany #Arbeitswelt #Burnout #PublicHealth #Reform #AU #Arbeitsunfähigkeit #Gesundheitsreform #gesundheitspolitik #gesundheitssystem

As a GP in Germany, I struggle with the claim that “people don’t want to work.” In daily practice, I see the opposite: many patients push themselves to keep working, even when they should rest. They worry about burdening colleagues, unfinished tasks, or upcoming deadlines.

If we want to understand rising sick leave, we need to look at real factors: increasing workload, constant pressure, lack of recovery time, social isolation, and overall exhaustion. Reducing this to a question of “motivation” ignores both evidence and lived experience.

In my experience, people who genuinely try to avoid work are a tiny minority. Framing the issue this way feels similar to old narratives about unemployment—oversimplified, misleading, and disconnected from reality.

#MedMastodon #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #WorkStress #MentalHealth #SickLeave #HealthPolicy #Germany #Arbeitswelt #Burnout #PublicHealth #Reform #AU #Arbeitsunfähigkeit #Gesundheitsreform #gesundheitspolitik #gesundheitssystem

As a GP in Germany, I struggle with the claim that “people don’t want to work.” In daily practice, I see the opposite: many patients push themselves to keep working, even when they should rest. They worry about burdening colleagues, unfinished tasks, or upcoming deadlines.

If we want to understand rising sick leave, we need to look at real factors: increasing workload, constant pressure, lack of recovery time, social isolation, and overall exhaustion. Reducing this to a question of “motivation” ignores both evidence and lived experience.

In my experience, people who genuinely try to avoid work are a tiny minority. Framing the issue this way feels similar to old narratives about unemployment—oversimplified, misleading, and disconnected from reality.

#MedMastodon #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #WorkStress #MentalHealth #SickLeave #HealthPolicy #Germany #Arbeitswelt #Burnout #PublicHealth #Reform #AU #Arbeitsunfähigkeit #Gesundheitsreform #gesundheitspolitik #gesundheitssystem

As a GP in Germany, I struggle with the claim that “people don’t want to work.” In daily practice, I see the opposite: many patients push themselves to keep working, even when they should rest. They worry about burdening colleagues, unfinished tasks, or upcoming deadlines.

If we want to understand rising sick leave, we need to look at real factors: increasing workload, constant pressure, lack of recovery time, social isolation, and overall exhaustion. Reducing this to a question of “motivation” ignores both evidence and lived experience.

In my experience, people who genuinely try to avoid work are a tiny minority. Framing the issue this way feels similar to old narratives about unemployment—oversimplified, misleading, and disconnected from reality.

#MedMastodon #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #WorkStress #MentalHealth #SickLeave #HealthPolicy #Germany #Arbeitswelt #Burnout #PublicHealth #Reform #AU #Arbeitsunfähigkeit #Gesundheitsreform #gesundheitspolitik #gesundheitssystem

🇩🇪『風邪で休んでも有給休暇は減りません！ドイツの会社の病欠事情』
ドイツ大使館
https://www.young-germany.jp/2021/09/gwsl-sickleave/

有給休暇とは別で病気休暇がある上に
有休中にケガ・病気したら、診断書があれば病気休暇になって有休は減らへん！
子どもが病気したときも「子ども看護手当」があるから有休は減らへん！

「会社に提出する「就労不能証明書」には病名を明記する欄もなく、
病名や病状などプライベートな事柄を聞き出す権利は会社にはありません」

#有休　#有給休暇　#病気休暇　#病欠　#sickleave

🇩🇪『風邪で休んでも有給休暇は減りません！ドイツの会社の病欠事情』
ドイツ大使館
https://www.young-germany.jp/2021/09/gwsl-sickleave/

有給休暇とは別で病気休暇がある上に
有休中にケガ・病気したら、診断書があれば病気休暇になって有休は減らへん！
子どもが病気したときも「子ども看護手当」があるから有休は減らへん！

「会社に提出する「就労不能証明書」には病名を明記する欄もなく、
病名や病状などプライベートな事柄を聞き出す権利は会社にはありません」

#有休　#有給休暇　#病気休暇　#病欠　#sickleave

🇩🇪『風邪で休んでも有給休暇は減りません！ドイツの会社の病欠事情』
ドイツ大使館
https://www.young-germany.jp/2021/09/gwsl-sickleave/

有給休暇とは別で病気休暇がある上に
有休中にケガ・病気したら、診断書があれば病気休暇になって有休は減らへん！
子どもが病気したときも「子ども看護手当」があるから有休は減らへん！

「会社に提出する「就労不能証明書」には病名を明記する欄もなく、
病名や病状などプライベートな事柄を聞き出す権利は会社にはありません」

#有休　#有給休暇　#病気休暇　#病欠　#sickleave

🇩🇪『風邪で休んでも有給休暇は減りません！ドイツの会社の病欠事情』
ドイツ大使館
https://www.young-germany.jp/2021/09/gwsl-sickleave/

有給休暇とは別で病気休暇がある上に
有休中にケガ・病気したら、診断書があれば病気休暇になって有休は減らへん！
子どもが病気したときも「子ども看護手当」があるから有休は減らへん！

「会社に提出する「就労不能証明書」には病名を明記する欄もなく、
病名や病状などプライベートな事柄を聞き出す権利は会社にはありません」

#有休　#有給休暇　#病気休暇　#病欠　#sickleave

🇩🇪『風邪で休んでも有給休暇は減りません！ドイツの会社の病欠事情』
ドイツ大使館
https://www.young-germany.jp/2021/09/gwsl-sickleave/

有給休暇とは別で病気休暇がある上に
有休中にケガ・病気したら、診断書があれば病気休暇になって有休は減らへん！
子どもが病気したときも「子ども看護手当」があるから有休は減らへん！

「会社に提出する「就労不能証明書」には病名を明記する欄もなく、
病名や病状などプライベートな事柄を聞き出す権利は会社にはありません」

#有休　#有給休暇　#病気休暇　#病欠　#sickleave

https://www.europesays.com/people/83118/ Friedrich Merz: Most Unpopular Democratically Elected Leader Amid Economic Crisis – News and Statistics #AfD #CDU #DonaldTrump #FriedrichMerz #GermanChancellor #GermanEconomy2026 #GreeceWorkEthic #PartTimeEmployment #SickLeave #TroopWithdrawal #UnpopularLeader

When the stomach bug is 10/10 but your boss demands 'visual proof' for the leave approval. 😭🚿 #WorkLifeBalance #SickLeave

Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-flu-antivirals/

Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-flu-antivirals/

Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-flu-antivirals/

Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-flu-antivirals/

Flu Is Relentless. Crispr Might Be Able to Shut It Down

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-flu-antivirals/

Major life decision, a thread 🧵
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Stort livsbeslut, en tråd 🧵
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#everydayartist #sickleave #choices #economy #konstnärsvardag #sjukskrivning #livsval #ekonomi

Major life decision, a thread 🧵
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#everydayartist #sickleave #choices #economy #konstnärsvardag #sjukskrivning #livsval #ekonomi

Major life decision, a thread 🧵
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#everydayartist #sickleave #choices #economy #konstnärsvardag #sjukskrivning #livsval #ekonomi

Major life decision, a thread 🧵
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#everydayartist #sickleave #choices #economy #konstnärsvardag #sjukskrivning #livsval #ekonomi

Paid Sick Leave Is Under Attack in Some Republican States

Americans are a sick people. Among their economic peers they expect to live shorter lives, experience higher rates…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #Congress #covid-19 #Health #healthcare #missouri #Sickleave #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/195694/

Paid Sick Leave Is Under Attack in Some Republican States

Americans are a sick people. Among their economic peers they expect to live shorter lives, experience higher rates…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Congress #COVID-19 #Health #missouri #Sickleave
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/219376/

Paid Sick Leave Is Under Attack in Some Republican States

Americans are a sick people. Among their economic peers they expect to live shorter lives, experience higher rates…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Congress #COVID-19 #Health #missouri #Sickleave
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/219376/

One of those days again
#everydayartist #fire #sickleave

En sån där dag igen
#konstnärsvardag #eld #test #sjukskrivning

One of those days again
#everydayartist #fire #sickleave

En sån där dag igen
#konstnärsvardag #eld #test #sjukskrivning

One of those days again
#everydayartist #fire #sickleave

En sån där dag igen
#konstnärsvardag #eld #test #sjukskrivning

Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters -- by making it harder to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives.
In #Missouri, the 2025 legislative session was dominated by Republican lawmakers trying to reverse two major measures that voters had put on the ballot and approved just months before;
one made #abortion in the state legal again, while the other created an employee #sickleave requirement.
GOP lawmakers in #Alaska and #Nebraska also have moved to roll back sick leave benefits that voters approved last year,
while legislators in #Arizona are pushing new restrictions on abortion access, despite voters six months ago approving protections

At the same time, Republican leaders in #Florida, #Utah, #Montana, #Arkansas, #Oklahoma, #Arizona, #Ohio, #NorthDakota and #SouthDakota have approved efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives or are considering measures to do so,
-- essentially trying to make it harder for voters to change laws outside legislatures.

In some cases, legislators aren’t just responding to measures that voters approved;

they’re acting shortly after citizen-led efforts failed but came too close for comfort,
such as an abortion-rights initiative in Florida,
which in November fell just short of the 60% of votes needed to pass
and loosen the state’s ban on the procedure.

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri

Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters -- by making it harder to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives.
In #Missouri, the 2025 legislative session was dominated by Republican lawmakers trying to reverse two major measures that voters had put on the ballot and approved just months before;
one made #abortion in the state legal again, while the other created an employee #sickleave requirement.
GOP lawmakers in #Alaska and #Nebraska also have moved to roll back sick leave benefits that voters approved last year,
while legislators in #Arizona are pushing new restrictions on abortion access, despite voters six months ago approving protections

At the same time, Republican leaders in #Florida, #Utah, #Montana, #Arkansas, #Oklahoma, #Arizona, #Ohio, #NorthDakota and #SouthDakota have approved efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives or are considering measures to do so,
-- essentially trying to make it harder for voters to change laws outside legislatures.

In some cases, legislators aren’t just responding to measures that voters approved;

they’re acting shortly after citizen-led efforts failed but came too close for comfort,
such as an abortion-rights initiative in Florida,
which in November fell just short of the 60% of votes needed to pass
and loosen the state’s ban on the procedure.

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri

Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters -- by making it harder to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives.
In #Missouri, the 2025 legislative session was dominated by Republican lawmakers trying to reverse two major measures that voters had put on the ballot and approved just months before;
one made #abortion in the state legal again, while the other created an employee #sickleave requirement.
GOP lawmakers in #Alaska and #Nebraska also have moved to roll back sick leave benefits that voters approved last year,
while legislators in #Arizona are pushing new restrictions on abortion access, despite voters six months ago approving protections

At the same time, Republican leaders in #Florida, #Utah, #Montana, #Arkansas, #Oklahoma, #Arizona, #Ohio, #NorthDakota and #SouthDakota have approved efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives or are considering measures to do so,
-- essentially trying to make it harder for voters to change laws outside legislatures.

In some cases, legislators aren’t just responding to measures that voters approved;

they’re acting shortly after citizen-led efforts failed but came too close for comfort,
such as an abortion-rights initiative in Florida,
which in November fell just short of the 60% of votes needed to pass
and loosen the state’s ban on the procedure.

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri

Across the country, Republican lawmakers have been working to undermine or altogether undo the will of the voters -- by making it harder to pass amendments and laws through citizen-led initiatives.
In #Missouri, the 2025 legislative session was dominated by Republican lawmakers trying to reverse two major measures that voters had put on the ballot and approved just months before;
one made #abortion in the state legal again, while the other created an employee #sickleave requirement.
GOP lawmakers in #Alaska and #Nebraska also have moved to roll back sick leave benefits that voters approved last year,
while legislators in #Arizona are pushing new restrictions on abortion access, despite voters six months ago approving protections

At the same time, Republican leaders in #Florida, #Utah, #Montana, #Arkansas, #Oklahoma, #Arizona, #Ohio, #NorthDakota and #SouthDakota have approved efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives or are considering measures to do so,
-- essentially trying to make it harder for voters to change laws outside legislatures.

In some cases, legislators aren’t just responding to measures that voters approved;

they’re acting shortly after citizen-led efforts failed but came too close for comfort,
such as an abortion-rights initiative in Florida,
which in November fell just short of the 60% of votes needed to pass
and loosen the state’s ban on the procedure.

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri

If I'm sick and need the day to recover, I won't care who writes the note. At that point, I'll be too busy hiding under my blanket.
#AI #hr #sickleave
https://www.healthday.com/health-news/general-health/ai-written-doctors-notes-patients-dont-mind-study-says