WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order Monday granting paid sick leave to hundreds of thousands of workers employed by federal contractors.
The order will require federal contractors to give employees up to seven days of paid sick leave a year. The policy, which begins with new federal contracts in 2017, will allow workers to use paid sick leave to care for themselves, family members and loved ones, and also applies to absences related to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.