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The new push for climate disaster PTO
10/21/2022 11:15:00 AM
The trend fizzled out before it really began but activists are trying to revive it after Hurricane Ian
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There's a new push to give employees paid time off to respond to climate disasters as climate change threatens to bring more rapidly strengthening storms like Ian. The trend fizzled out before it really began but activists are trying to revive it after Hurricane Ian
What they're saying:Denise Diaz, co-director of Central Florida Jobs with Justice, told Axios that a coalition of advocacy organizations is putting pressure on Florida state legislators to enact workforce protections for extreme weather events in the wake of Ian. "We saw with this hurricane that workers were not given adequate time to prepare for this storm, or time off in order to be able to collect supplies and really be able to weather the storm," Diaz told Axios.A Central Florida Jobs with Justice workers survey following Hurricane Irma in 2017 found that over half of the 134 Florida respondents Read more:
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TOKYO A CITY TACKLING THE CLIMATE CRISIS HEAD ONThe heatwaves and other natural disasters that have ...
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Right. $35k vs a couple hundred dollars....
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Oliver Taylor 9 minutes ago
Right. $35k vs a couple hundred dollars....
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Ava White 10 minutes ago
Thanks captain obvious Plus impacts on the environment when said batteries are produced… granted m...
Right. $35k vs a couple hundred dollars.
Thanks captain obvious Plus impacts on the environment when said batteries are produced… granted most of the process is in China and they don’t care about regulations, but it’s going to bite us in the ass eventually. Institute CCS tech in current and future gas vehicles. Is it true the battery for the electric car catches on fire when flooded with water & the fire departments are having a hard time putting them out?
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"We saw with this hurricane that workers were not given adequate time to prepare for this storm, or time off in order to be able to collect supplies and really be able to weather the storm," Diaz told Axios. Ads U. A Central Florida Jobs with Justice workers survey following Hurricane Irma in 2017 found that over half of the 134 Florida respondents with discipline or termination if they didn’t come in to work during the storm. Ahead, click through galleries showcasing the top 11 wedding fashion trends of the season.
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The intrigue: No state or federal legislation exists that requires employers to provide paid leave t...
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Amelia Singh 15 minutes ago
For extreme heat, California, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota are the only states to have enacted s...
The intrigue: No state or federal legislation exists that requires employers to provide paid leave to employees in the event of extreme weather disasters. The entity which has transferred over 47,800 BTC has managed to time Bitcoin purchases to periods around absolute lows.
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For extreme heat, California, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota are the only states to have enacted s...
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Kevin Wang 16 minutes ago
"Although there is a growing trend of states adopting legislation that directly addresses c...
For extreme heat, California, Washington, Oregon and Minnesota are the only states to have enacted some form of workplace heat safety regulations, as reported by the Washington Post. Opponents of the idea see it as another form of excessive business regulation and a vehicle for lawsuits against employers.86% on the day at the time of writing. State of play: Labor legislation around climate change tends to focus on things like providing funding to strengthen infrastructure at climate disaster-prone locations, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Sophia Chen 32 minutes ago
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David Cohen 15 minutes ago
"We had people who were simultaneously in the path of a hurricane that season as well as af...
"Although there is a growing trend of states adopting legislation that directly addresses climate change, we have not found any state legislation that had specifically required employers to provide paid leave in the event of climate/extreme weather disasters," NCSL told Axios in an email. Of note: This doesn't necessarily mean individual companies aren't doing it. In 2017, Anil Dash, then CEO at software company Glitch, announced the company's adoption of climate leave, or PTO for extreme weather disruptions caused by climate change.
"We had people who were simultaneously in the path of a hurricane that season as well as affected by the wildfires in California at the same time," Dash told Axios. The policy has since been regularly put to use. "Every single fire season, it was utilized.
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Sophie Martin 4 minutes ago
Every single hurricane season, it was utilized." Earlier this year ....
Every single hurricane season, it was utilized." Earlier this year .
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Debbie Lesko’s comparison of electric car and traditional batteries misses key points
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