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California governor orders paid sick leave for food workers

by Associated Press
| April 17, 2020 12:03 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Farm workers, grocery store and fast-food employees and delivery drivers will receive two weeks of paid sick leave so they won’t feel pressured to keep working while infected with the coronavirus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.

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