Mandated Sick Leave Update: Not Surprisingly, It’s Gone National
From a Society for Human Resources Management e-mail I received yesterday:
On April 6, 2007 a petition was filed with the Ohio Attorney General to start the process of advancing a new statute entitled the “Healthy Families Act†before the Ohio General Assembly and, if successful before Ohio voters. The proposed statute is almost identical to pending federal legislation (S. 910 and H.R. 1542) under the same name. The proposed Ohio statute would require that employers provide seven days of paid sick leave annually for employees working 30 hours or more a week; or a pro-rated amount of paid sick leave annually for employees working less than 30 hours per week or less than 1,560 hours per year. The proposal would not apply to employers with fewer than 25 employees.
So last week’s “Economy-Killing Idea of the Day,” the attempt by Service Employees International Union District 1199 to get a law passed that would require Ohio companies with at least 25 employees to grant at least seven sick days a year, is being replicated at the Federal level. Much more of this nonsense, and we’ll be well on our way to consigning ourselves to the mediocre economic results routinely turned in by France, Germany, and the rest of Old Europe.
Pending a look at the detail to see if there are any safeguards against employee abuse (I tend to doubt it), I’m tempted to christen what these laws are proposing as the Seven-Day Slacker Allowance.
I sent out my email to Padgett and Stewart voicing my opposition. Thanks for the heads up.
Comment by Brian — April 24, 2007 @ 4:55 pm
#1, you’re welcome. If it goes to the ballot after failing in the legislature, I *think* it will get trounced.
Comment by TBlumer — April 24, 2007 @ 10:35 pm
Since the average worker today has no loyalty to anyone the bill would pass a vote test. Everyone is now looking for something for nothing. Yep, the EU failed system is swimming the Atlantic. Dhimmi’s just can’t believe they can’t make it work just because it failed in a dozen other countries. Just like communism, they will strive to implement it in the U.S.
Comment by Scrapiron — April 25, 2007 @ 12:14 am