President Obama signs Executive Order ensuring that employees on those contracts can earn up to 7 days or more of paid sick leave annually, including paid leave allowing for family care.

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release September 07, 2015
Executive Order — Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

EXECUTIVE ORDER
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ESTABLISHING PAID SICK LEAVE FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 40 U.S.C. 121, and in order to promote economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with sources that allow their employees to earn paid sick leave, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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