Zach Dyer
Senior producer, audioZach Dyer, senior producer for audio, is responsible for the KFF Health News podcasts “American Diagnosis” and “Epidemic,” as well as the Health News Minute for CBS radio affiliates. Before joining KFF Health News, he was a producer and engineer with Just Human Productions. Zach started his journalism career as a reporter with The Tico Times newspaper in San José, Costa Rica. He has reported from four countries, and his work has appeared in 99% Invisible, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, and the UN Refugee Agency. Zach has a bachelor’s from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s in Latin American studies from the University of Texas-Austin. He is based in his hometown of St. Louis.
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After the federal Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Acts expired, many states passed their own laws to require employers to provide paid sick leave. Missouri does not have a paid sick leave policy in place.