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Speaker 1: The State Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, Lauren Jones,

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Speaker 1: recognized policymakers, labor leaders, and employers who've made it a

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Speaker 1: priority to support family caregivers in the workplace.

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Speaker 2: We really want to make sure that we anchor our

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Speaker 2: workforce and workplace strategies with people in mind, and emphasizing

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Speaker 2: how important our caregivers in the workplace are is so

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Speaker 2: important as we think about ways to attract, retain, and

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Speaker 2: develop our workforce.

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Speaker 1: It's essential, she said. More than a million people in

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts service caregivers for family members, friends, and neighbors, and

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Speaker 1: many of them are going to work every day. Carl

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