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A wet dream that will not become tangible reality in near future. The inexistent labor protections are one of the major economic drivers of USA. When companies can lay off whole departments nilly-willy (we had some discussions here on HN), they can take on riskier endeavors than their European counterparts at the same cost.

Partner works at a county agency. There are 1-2 weather-related days off you can use, but if you experience more weather than that in a year you are free to use your vacation or take unpaid time off. This applies also if the job site is closed.

The goverment is effectively the employers. They can override everything they don't like or can't find a way around. If it ever seems otherwise, you're missing part of the story.

In this case the other government is the employer.

They can, but it's slow and easily bribe able to change 2 or 3 minds to override the entire shebang.