Full title: BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Congress have already signed on to the legislation.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Didn’t this already happen under Obamacare?

    A bunch of service sector employers tried to schedule their staff at under 32 hours while still squeezing them for 40+ hours of work. Everyone hated the system, because it continued to leave the onus of health care on individual employers, while private premiums climbed. And then the courts + Trump Admin defanged any effective enforcement.

    What a great system. So glad we weren’t simply covering everyone with Medicaid by default.

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      3 days ago

      Yep! So instead of one full time job you had to juggle multiple part time jobs because a lot of business watch your hours like a hawk.