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Beacon NY | 2019–12–09 | Back from a lapse. Holiday, visitors, stomach bug.
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Moving longer mentions into separate posts. See Elsewhere, below.
Quote of the Day
What we call the present is really the past. Life is only what we remember, and all of us are soon forgotten.
Stephen Holden, Review: ‘Sunset Song’ Shows a Woman’s True Grit
Great insights can be found anywhere, even in a movie review.
Readings
Philadelphia’s Portable Benefits Plan Could Be Gig Economy Model | Rick Grimaldi writes about municipal plan for gei worker benefits:
Similar to the way most paid sick leave laws work, eligible workers will accrue one hour of PTO for every 40 hours they work. There will be provisions addressing accruals, and a maximum cap and carryover and other details, but the key factor is that domestic workers can take these benefits with them from one job to the next.
Inevitably, when the conversation comes to benefits, the question of funding gets raised. And many eyes across the country will look to how Philadelphia handles…
