Nation: President Obama yesterday issued an executive order requiring all companies with government contracts to give their employees seven days of sick leave a year.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez told reporters, “We believe the cost of implementing this rule is offset by the efficiencies that come with reduced attrition, increased loyalty.”

The order taking effect in 2017 includes about 300,000 people. The White House says 44 million private sector employees do not have paid sick leave. But making it mandatory would have to come by an act of Congress.

>Speaking of Congress, they return to work today. Republicans are expected to try to pass a bill rejecting the Iran nuclear agreement. If they do, President Obama has said he will veto it.

The Road: Frustrated migrants broke through police lines yesterday, attempting to walk out of Hungary on the country’s primary North-South highway. The road was closed to stop them.

Europe is struggling to absorb hundreds of thousands of immigrants who left Syria and other countries with nothing. French President Francois Hollande said his country would take in 24,000 refugees over the next two years and Britain’s David Cameron said the Brits would take 20,000.

The European Commission is expected to deliver a proposal for the distribution of 120,000 migrants, but Hungary, among other countries, is refusing mandatory quotas.

World: Italy’s highest court issued a report saying the murder investigation that led to the merry-go-round of convictions and acquittals for American exchange student Amanda Knox had “glaring errors.” The court said there was an “absolute lack of biological traces” of the presence of Knox and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the room where British student Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death in 2007. Knox and Sollecito were ultimately acquitted last March.

Splitsville: Pope Francis announced new rules to make it easier for divorced Catholics to obtain an annulment of their marriage and re-marry within the church. The Church teaches that marriage is forever, but you can get an annulment if you show that your marriage was flawed.

The Obit Page: Judy Carne, the cute British actress and comedian who made “sock it to me” a national catchphrase on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” the psychedelic age television comedy review, died in England at age 76. She did guest appearances on television dramas and comedies before rocketing to fame on the ensemble comedy skit show.

Carne was married to the actor Burt Reynolds, but they divorced and she sank into drug use. She was arrested several times and had a near fatal car accident. Carne left “Laugh In” in 1970 to get away from the phrase that made her famous. “Sock it to me.”

>Martin Milner, the handsome blonde star of two popular 1960s television series, “Route 66” and “Adam-12,” has died at age 83. Both were “buddy” shows, one about two young guys on a perpetual road trip, and the other about two Los Angeles cops. “Route 66” had a certain magic at a time when Jack Kerouac’s novel “On the Road” was popular and Rte. 66 was still America’s artery.

Gotta Have Heart: The NY Times reports that Hillary Clinton’s aides say she plans to show a different side of herself with more humor and heart. She has a tendency to be a bit brittle and make snarky retorts to the press, which never helps unless you are Donald Trump.

It’s risky when politicians change their personal demeanor according to the advice of their aides. Al Gore ending up looking like “The Three Faces of Eve.” He came out with a new personality every few weeks. In Hillary’s case a personality shift is an admission that the one she presents now isn’t very likable.

Humor Returns: Stephen Colbert returns to television tonight making his debut as host of “The Late Show.” His guests are George Clooney and “Jeb!” Bush. Colbert is the funny one.

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