Some Democratic state lawmakers, like their congressional counterparts, are redoubling their efforts to pass paid leave legislation, arguing that the spread of the novel coronavirus proves that workers must be able to stay home without losing pay when they’re sick, quarantined or caring for a family member.
“The policy of paid sick time is an important policy anytime. It’s particularly important when we’re trying to stop the spread of a global pandemic,” said state Sen. Morgan McGarvey, a Kentucky Democrat who has put forward a bill that would require employers to give workers accrued sick days.
Yet efforts to pass comprehensive paid leave legislation in states such as Kentucky, Colorado and New York face challenges. Lawmakers are grappling with a volatile economy, uncertain budgets, tight calendars and long-standing divisions over whether employers should be required to offer paid leave and who should pay for it.
Business groups remain resistant to sick pay mandates. “The bottom line for us in all these debates is flexibility,” said Karen Harned, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center. Most small businesses offer some sort of paid time off, she said, even if they don’t offer sick days or family leave specifically.
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4 comments:
They are the millionaires so they should give up their pay checks and benefits immediately. They are supposed to be serving the people not screwing them over. They want to give out this "free" money to help the less fortunate than them but we are the ones suffering while they take more of our little bit of money in higher taxes for them and to repay this "free" money. That is how stupid the American tax payer is. Now Pelosi and the Democrats want to get reduced taxes for themselves. The beginning of Socialism at its best.
They pushing it so Govt won't pay workers with Unemployment & just use
Employer's $$$ to pay them !!!
No Politian should get paid or have any benefits, since they are bankrupting and putting businesses out of business. So why should any Politian be paid by the tax payer who is out of a job and has to pay higher taxes later to pay these bunch of public servants. OUTRAGEOUS.
Watch the corrupt GOVT as it sceems ways to get itself out of trouble !!!
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