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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Another Democrat Blow To The Small Businesses Of America

Proposed law would require pay for sick workers

U.S. employers who tell workers to stay home when they are sick will have to give them paid time off for up to five days under new federal legislation proposed on Tuesday.

The emergency law would cover pandemic H1N1 flu or any other infectious disease, said California Representative George Miller, a Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee and who introduced the bill.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

More soon to be fired or laid off.

Anonymous said...

I own a small business-- I could have expanded it and hired more workers long ago, but I haven't, mainly because of this kind of BS. It just keeps getting worse, and I can tell you from personal experience that it is preventing the creation of new jobs.

Anonymous said...

what about the big buisinesses that don't offer sick days to there workers?