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Monday, February 11, 2013

Meet the Heartless Jerk Leading A Project to Eliminate Sick Leave

Opponents of paid sick leave, like opponents of raising the minimum wage, tend to keep their arguments data-free, sticking to vague claims of how bad it would be for small business, no evidence offered. But every now and then they decide to try to make their arguments look factual. Look being the key word. 

That's the story with the latest from one of Rick Berman's many front groups, the Employment Policies Institute, a laughably weak (PDF) "pilot study of businesses' responses" to Connecticut's paid sick leave law that completely ignores the actual facts of what's happened in Connecticut's economy since the law was passed.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2013 at 11:07 AM

    I don't think it's possible to accurately calculate the true cost of NOT having paid sick leave. I worked for a "Delaware(New York)" bank for many years. That bank, while having paid sick leave also had a policy of counting sick days "without notice" against you in your evaluation. So if you were sick for three days with the flu, you have one black mark on your record for an unplanned absence. So people came to work sick. Which meant other people got sick, which meant lost productivity.

    I am disgusted when I go to Walmart and the clerk has the sniffles or coughs on me, my groceries, and my change. Sick people should stay home. Unfortunately for many people that means not having the money for their rent or power bill. Paid sick leave is the answer. Will it be abused? Absolutely- because some people will always steal time or money from their employer. But we don't make policy based on the few incorrigibles. Fire them and give your good employees the benefits of a real job. - David Hearne

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