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[–] OneMansTrash@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

I hate headlines like this. The population is increasing, no shit 'more people than ever before have XYZ.' That's because there's more people now overall. Use the percentage or ratios of different times so you don't look like you failed math.

I also bet there were less people starving to death 200 years ago. Because there were less people across the board you ignominious Muppets.

[–] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's such a strange concept that people in America don't generally have Sundays off

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 6 points 6 months ago

Depends on the job/industry. Office jobs almost always have weekends off, for example. Service jobs rarely do.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Caitlyn Householder has become an advocate for a universal paid family leave law in Pennsylvania since she was forced to quit her job as a floor supervisor of a clothing company five ago when she learned that she was pregnant shortly after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s B-Cell Lymphoma.

Householder, of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, could hardly drive herself to work because of agonizing pain in her leg, and it quickly became apparent that her employer wouldn’t allow her to take enough time off for her medical needs.

In January, a House bipartisan group led by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Pennsylvania Democrat, and Rep. Stephanie Bice, an Oklahoma Republican, released a four-part framework to extend paid family leave to more workers, including funding for state programs or stronger tax breaks for small businesses to do so.

While any measure would fall short of a federal paid leave law, Houlahan said it reflects a yearlong effort to find common ground for policies that would extend the benefit to as many workers as possible.

Colorado’s benefits kicked in on Jan. 1, four years after the state’s paid family and medical leave program passed by ballot measure following a failed effort to move a bill through the legislature.

She said paid leave often took a backseat to other priorities such as higher pay, but support grew as women shared stories of returning to work too early and struggling to pump during flights, sometimes as impatient passengers knocked on the bathroom stalls.


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[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Can I get a paid You Didn't Procreate Day? /s

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

If your company is worth it's salt you can get paid leave for adopting.

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're already saving a ton, I can tell you that.

[–] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago

“Congratulations on having sex without a condom! Here’s 3 months of paid leave!”