More news and the original key announcement by Microsoft: Paid time off matters: ensuring minimum standards for people at our suppliers.

In the Washington Post an article by Brigid Schulte that should be published in their paper edition on sunday: From the ranks of Microsoft's permatemps

In the New York Times an article by Claire Cain Miller: From Microsoft, a novel way to mandate paid leave

In The Guardian, Jana Kasperkevic is the only one, I believe, in her article Microsoft to require suppliers to provide paid leave to workers, to provide a link to the original declaration by Brad Smith on Microsoft's blog On The Issues, Paid time off matters: ensuring minimum standards for the people at our suppliers.

In fact, for us this declaration is the most important piece of information as it conveys Microsoft's approach.

It's deserves our/your complete attention as it spells out more practical details.

After reading it one can hope that the supplier's employees themselves will be part of the process and we certainly would like to be included: how this decision by Microsoft will impact the ongoing collective bargaining between us and Lionbridge Technologies will be a test of the concrete consequences of its implementation. We don't have yet a date for the next collective bargaining meeting but we'll let you know as soon as it is determined.

If you know of other interesting articles reporting on this story, thank you for sharing them with us.

1. Microsoft Mandates Key Suppliers To Give Employees Paid Sick ...

   redmondmag.com/.../employees-paid-sick-and-vacation-time.aspx

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   1 day ago ... Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said yesterday in a blog post that ... "Lack of paid time off also has a disproportionate impact on ...

2. Microsoft tells its contractors: You must give workers paid time off

   money.cnn.com/2015/03/26/technology/microsoft-paid-time-off/

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   2 days ago ... Three quarters of part time employees are not paid when they miss work ... stepfor our business," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, in a blog post. ... Smith said Microsoft concluded that mandating paid time off for ...

3. Microsoft GC Tells Suppliers to Provide Paid Time Off | Corporate ...

   www.corpcounsel.com/.../Microsoft-GC-Tells-Suppliers-to-Provide-Paid- Time-Off

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   1 day ago ... General Counsel Brad Smith says Microsoft wants its suppliers to give theiremployees at least 15 days of paid leave each year.

4. Microsoft calls for paid leave for suppliers' employees - USA Today

   www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/03/26/...paid.../70484132/

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   2 days ago ... Microsoft is asking its suppliers to establish minimum paid leave standards of ... writes Brad Smith, Microsoft general counsel and executive vice president of ... packages for their employees, including paid time off," Smith said.

5. Microsoft to suppliers: Provide employees with 15 days paid time off

   www.staffingindustry.com/.../Microsoft-to-suppliers-Provide-employees-with -15-days-paid-time-off-33551

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   2 days ago ... ... to provide a minimum of 15 days paid time off per year for eligible employees, according to a blog post today by Brad Smith, general counsel ...

6. Microsoft will require suppliers to give workers 15 days of paid leave ...

   www.geekwire.com/.../microsoft-will-require-suppliers-to-give-their- employees-15-days-of-annual-paid-leave/

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   2 days ago ... Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith ... The paid leave of 15 days will consist of 10 days of paid vacation and five days of paid sick leave, ...

7. Microsoft to require paid time off for big suppliers - Business - The ...

   www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/03/26/...paid-time-off.../story.html

   2 days ago ... Microsoft to require paid time off for big suppliers ... what they do best,” saidBrad Smith, the computer giant's general counsel, in the blog post.

   
   

   1. Offer Paid Vacation, Microsoft Tells Suppliers

      www.pddnet.com/news/.../offer-paid-vacation-microsoft-tells-suppliers

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      2 days ago ... ... vice president of legal and corporate affairs Brad Smith said that Microsoft is focused on ensuring that its suppliers provide this paid time off in ...

   2. Microsoft wants contractors to take some time off | Marketplace.org

      www.marketplace.org/.../microsoft-wants-contractors-take-some-time

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      2 days ago ... "There was a concern being conveyed that these individuals, in some cases, did not get minimum time off," says Brad Smith, Microsoft's general ...