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.
The proposed Procedures consist of three major elements: 1) a statewide wetland area definition; 2) wetland delineation procedures; and 3) Procedures for the regulation of dredged or fill discharges to waters of the state. The State Water Board has developed the proposed Procedures to address several important issues.