President Obama has signed an executive order that requires federal contractors to offer their employees up to seven days of paid sick leave per year.he executive order does not affect private sector workers, NPR's Mara Liasson reports for our Newscast unit, adding, 42 percent of them do not have paid sick leave..
The Draft Proposed Program (DPP) includes 47 potential lease sales in 25 of the 26 planning areas â 19 sales off the coast of Alaska, 7 in the Pacific Region, 12 in the Gulf of Mexico, and 9 in the Atlantic Region. This is the largest number of lease sales ever proposed for the National OCS Programâs 5-year lease schedule.
(CNSNews.com) - The draft of the international agreement to deal with climate change, which is being considered today in Paris by representatives from 195 countries, calls for the developed nations of the world (which include the United States) to transfer wealth to developing nations, including through âpublic funds.â.