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NYC’s new Paid Sick Leave Law applies to most employees in NYC and is now in effect. Employees can start using earned sick leave on July 30, 2014.
If you work in NYC for more than 80 hours a year, you can earn up to 40 hours of sick leave each year to care for yourself or a family member.
If you are an employer, including a nonprofit or small business, you must provide:
Get more information for domestic workers and their employers here.
Read more about the San Ysidro School District here.
It’s the Star-Mangled Banner. A tattered American flag has been flying for years above a Harlem public school, even though a veteran’s repeatedly complained to the principal and city about its shameful state. Sergio Villaverde, a Coast Guard Reserve commander and attorney, spotted Old Glory dangling from PS 28’s flagpole on West 155th St in early January, he said…”
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“A high school history teacher in Washington Heights was fined $1,000 for using a Spanish swear word last year during one of his classes, El Diario reports. But the fine is a steep reduction from what a court had originally ordered that Carlos Garcia pay – $15,000 – for using the word ‘cono’ in front of pupils..”
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