Lawmakers reconsider provision stopping union members from using sick leave to care for family

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Lawmakers reconsider provision stopping union members from using sick leave to care for family

Photo: Richard Bednarksi/Nevada Current)Nevada lawmakers four years ago expanded the state’s paid leave law to allow workers to use the time to care for the medical needs of immediate family members. But that 2021 bill did not extend that option to employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. Now, lawmakers are revisiting that decision. Assembly Bill 112, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Duy Nguyen of Las Vegas, would allow worke…