Charles Tiefer: Paid sick-leave drama just beginning for federal contractors

Federal contractors might have to offer up to seven days of paid sick leave a year for their employees under a new executive order from President Barack Obama. ...

Federal contractors might have to offer up to seven days of paid sick leave a year for their employees under a new executive order from President Barack Obama. But industry isn't thrilled. Four contracting associations have written to the White House. They say more regulations are making an already complicated acquisition process more difficult. Charles Tiefer is a law professor at the University of Baltimore. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that industry shouldn't get too worried about this order because they have plenty of tricks up their sleeves to stall and water it down.

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