An executive order from the Obama administration mandating 56 hours of paid sick leave for government contractors looks like it will stay intact under the Trump administration, as reported by Bloomberg BNA.

The rule from the Department of Labor was issued in 2016 and applied to more than one million federal contractors. It went into effect for any contracts awarded after the first of this year.

Once the Trump administration took office though, many expected a GOP reversal of the order, and some in the administration early on discussed overturning the rule. But Republicans on the House Education and Workforce Committee decided not to pursue actions that would get rid of the rule, making it seem as though paid sick leave is here to stay … for the time being.

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