As of September 5, 2015 Barack Obama had put in place an executive order that required federal contractors to provide their company employees with at least seven days of paid sick leave for every 30 work hours completed. He presented a speech in Boston, Massachusetts at an assembly for union workers to spread the information about his political decision. Although he signed it recently, the order will not be effective until after his presidency, whereas, it must first go through a comment period where it will be openly discussed. This will only apply to the new federal contracts starting in the year 2017. Also the White House states their hopes about it setting a high standard for the future legislative bodies and their expanded leave policies
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He currently works NPR’s news website and his work includes being the lead writer on the 2012 London Olympics blog and he even renewed NPR’s website that won the 2010 Peabody Award. Granting Chappell did not include much of his opinion about Obama’s order he believed that the United States of America should compete for its potential and support the working class. One particular idea that the author agreed on was excerpted from President Obama, “I believe that working Americans should have the basic security of paid leave. Right now, we are the only advanced nation on Earth that does not guarantee paid maternity leave” (Chappell). It is almost accurately stated that the United States is one the refined countries without guaranteed paid maternity leave because the U.S. has a low percentage of people who receive paid leave altogether. No other country falls lower than the United States in that category. Therefore, I agree in believing those who apply for maternity leave should receive payment while away from the job. Those women are taking that time to start a family which helps our population’s growth and creates new future leaders of our society. Why not pay them for it? With our society being male dominated and men not understanding the intensity of caring life and child labor in itself, they cannot understand how to compensate for all of the women’s hard
He currently works NPR’s news website and his work includes being the lead writer on the 2012 London Olympics blog and he even renewed NPR’s website that won the 2010 Peabody Award. Granting Chappell did not include much of his opinion about Obama’s order he believed that the United States of America should compete for its potential and support the working class. One particular idea that the author agreed on was excerpted from President Obama, “I believe that working Americans should have the basic security of paid leave. Right now, we are the only advanced nation on Earth that does not guarantee paid maternity leave” (Chappell). It is almost accurately stated that the United States is one the refined countries without guaranteed paid maternity leave because the U.S. has a low percentage of people who receive paid leave altogether. No other country falls lower than the United States in that category. Therefore, I agree in believing those who apply for maternity leave should receive payment while away from the job. Those women are taking that time to start a family which helps our population’s growth and creates new future leaders of our society. Why not pay them for it? With our society being male dominated and men not understanding the intensity of caring life and child labor in itself, they cannot understand how to compensate for all of the women’s hard