A Conversation With Labor Secretary Thomas Perez

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The Department of Labor will require businesses to provide paid sick leave, up to seven paid sick days in a year, to federal contractors. Jordan Weissmann talks about this and other new sick pay initiatives, executive action, and the end of an administration with Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

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• What Can the President Do to Help Workers Who Need a Sick Day? We Asked Him.

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Twitter: @JHWeissmann

Production by Veralyn Williams and Mickey Capper.