💼 Axios PM: Workers won't rest

Plus: See the mammoth meatball | Thursday, March 30, 2023

Open in app View in browser   Presented By TikTok   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Mar 30, 2023 👋 Happy Thursday afternoon. Today's PM — edited by Kate Nocera — is 521 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for the copy edit.     💼 1 big thing: PTO goes unused Reproduced from Pew; Chart: Axios Visuals An outsized share of American workers don't take all of their available paid time off, Axios Markets co-author Emily Peck writes from new Pew data out today. The findings run counter to the idea that people are trying to work less. By the numbers: 46% of workers said they take less time off than offered. Slightly more than half of the group said they didn't need to take more time off. Pew asked about all paid time off, including not only vacation but sick time and personal days. But in explaining why they didn't use all their time off, none of the answers were about not getting sick. Lower-wage earners were more likely to worry about losing their jobs if they took too much time away, said Kim Parker, director of social and demographic trends at Pew. Higher-income workers were more likely to keep working because they worried they'd fall behind. In the survey, 89% of workers said that having paid time off for vacations, doctor's visits or minor illnesses was extremely or very important to them. What explains the mismatch? People want to know that they can take time off if they need to, Parker said. Share this story.     2. WSJ reporter spy charge 1st since Cold War Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from court to a bus in Moscow today. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP The State Department and White House decried "in the strongest terms" Russia's detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and warned again against any U.S. citizen traveling to the country. Gershkovich is the first U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia on an espionage charge since the Cold War, Axios' Ivana Saric reports. The WSJ reported Gershkovich first fell out of touch with his editors on Wednesday afternoon. The FSB accused Gershkovich of trying to obtain classified information "on the instructions of the United States." He pleaded not guilty in a Moscow court today. The court ordered that he be held in custody until May 29. Acquittals in espionage cases are rare. The Journal said in a statement that it "vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB" and called for his immediate release. Get the latest.     A message from TikTok Data security and privacy: your concern, our commitment     To address concerns around data security, TikTok is building tailor-made systems overseen by U.S.-based teams specifically tasked with managing all access to U.S. user data and securing the TikTok platform. Learn more about data privacy.     3. Catch me up Photo: Alex Brandon/AP ⚾️ Above: Groundskeepers prep the Opening Day diamond at Nationals Park in D.C. today. A federal judge in Texas ruled today that employers can't be required to cover specified preventive health care services under the Affordable Care Act. Go deeper. 🎬 Streaming movies feature more cast diversity than cinematic releases, according to a new report. Go deeper.     4. 🥴 Presenting: The mammoth meatball Photo: Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters We told you on Tuesday about the meatball grown from the DNA of a very-extinct woolly mammoth. Above: A photo of said meatball at the NEMO Science in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As unbelievable as it is, Tim Noakesmith, founder of Australian food startup Vow, promised the meatball was not an April Fools' joke, per AP. "We know now that [the mammoth] died from climate change. And so what we wanted to do was see if we could create something that was a symbol of a more exciting future that's not only better for us, but also better for the planet," he added.     A message from TikTok Data security and privacy: your concern, our commitment     To address concerns around data security, TikTok is building tailor-made systems overseen by U.S.-based teams specifically tasked with managing all access to U.S. user data and securing the TikTok platform. Learn more about data privacy.   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: