Obama admin supports legislation to provide mandatory paid sick leave for 30M+ add'l workers

* Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Paid sick leave pushed for low-income workers

By Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — Fresh off passage of a sweeping health care overhaul, the Obama administration is supporting legislation to provide mandatory paid sick leave for more than 30 million additional workers who are some of nation's lowest-paid employees.

The Healthy Families Act, sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, both Democrats from Connecticut, would require companies that have 15 or more employees to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked or up to seven sick days a year for a full-time worker.

Both bills — HR 2460/S1152 — are stuck in committee and haven't yet faced a vote. In fact, most legislative action has come at the state and municipal level. In recent years, California, Ohio, Maine and New Jersey have considered bills requiring paid sick leave. San Francisco and Washington, D.C., have passed laws that require it for private-sector employees. New York City is debating a similar measure.

Top Obama administration officials voiced their support for the federal proposal this week in separate appearances with women's and family rights advocates who've gathered in Washington to lobby for the bills.

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He's JUST LIKE BUSH!

out of this! }(

:rofl: Right..so helpful.}(

So you spread disease by dragging yourself in to work. Hope the bill goes forward.

that is non-profit and under the umbrella of the YMCA so we do get paid sick leave.

You don't have to worry about being sick and not getting paid.

I've noticed that the rec count is sometimes off by two on the Greatest page vs. the post itself and the forum listing. See if you get the same discrepancy.

It will help, but the bigger problem: Most employers have sick leave of some kind already, but if you use it you can be fired.

Does it specifically forbid disciplinary action for sick related absences? Because if not most of these companies, who already don't want to pay for this, will just make it clear to employees that they are at risk if they use it.

ITS CORPORAT PIGISM

and, uh, also, R!

Well, it's a start, but seriously, only seven days?