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This company is pioneering 'climate leave' after disasters hit

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Software company Fog Creek thinks more bad weather is coming, and its employees need a more equitable way to handle it.

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Douglas Fischer

Douglas Fischer is the executive director of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org.

Software company Fog Creek thinks more bad weather is coming, and its employees need a more equitable way to handle it.

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