{"id":155763,"date":"2018-03-09T00:56:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T05:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155763"},"modified":"2018-03-09T00:56:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T05:56:20","slug":"caring-for-chosen-family-gains-ground-in-sick-leave-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/09\/caring-for-chosen-family-gains-ground-in-sick-leave-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Caring for &#8216;chosen family&#8217; gains ground in sick leave laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_155765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155765\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shutterstock_768727453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155765\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shutterstock_768727453.jpg\" alt=\"Shutterstock Photo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shutterstock_768727453.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shutterstock_768727453-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/shutterstock_768727453-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 \u00a0They are friends so close they&#8217;ll come through like family when someone is ill. And these \u201cchosen families\u201d have quietly been gaining political recognition in some laws that require paid sick time.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two years, Arizona, Rhode Island and the three biggest U.S. cities \u2014 \u00a0New York, Los Angeles and Chicago \u2014 \u00a0have passed laws that let workers use those sick days to care for anyone who&#8217;s like family to them.<\/p>\n<p>Similar laws also passed in Austin, Texas, last month and St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016. Millions of federal employees and contractors also have the benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates say the laws reflect the varied relationships that matter to people.<\/p>\n<p>But some business interests say the laws put bosses in the awkward position of discerning who&#8217;s the \u201cequivalent\u201d of family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 \u00a0They are friends so close they&#8217;ll come through like family when someone is ill. And these \u201cchosen &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":155765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24157,37,3],"tags":[47895,47896,47894],"class_list":["post-155763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-american-news","category-health","category-lifestyle","tag-chosen-families","tag-ill","tag-sick-leave","mauthors-jennifer-peltz","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}