Healthy Families Act Would Guarantee Paid Sick Leave
Posted on June 6, 2010
One of the changes to the health care system may be coming, and it is a lot of small business owners would not like. Senator Ted Kennedy recently introduced a bill, the Healthy Families Act, that it would conduct a mandatory sick leave law and require employees to receive at least 7 paid sick days per year. In the House, the mandatory sick leave legislation introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro called HR 2460.
The law would require companies with more than 15 employees to grant no less than one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, for a total of 7 paid sick days per year. Employees would be entitled to use sick pay after 60 days.
The employees could use sick leave for their own illness, for preventive care, to care for a child, parent, spouse or any other person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship “., or seeking medical or legal assistance on domestic violence, sexual assault or harassment.
The Times notes that similar legislation was attempted on several occasions during the Bush administration. The current bill, the preamble notes that more than half of private sector employees, and a large majority of low-wage workers have no sick leave, which requires a choice between paying to lose (and perhaps After losing a job) and care for themselves or their families.
The latest statistics show that more than half of private sector employees and a large majority of low-wage workers have no sick leave. They have to choose between paying to lose (and perhaps the loss of a job) and care for themselves or their families.
Business groups are vowing to block the legislation, arguing that the recession makes this an inopportune time to create a new mandate they say they raise costs for employers. Supporters, however, say the legislation is particularly timely now, given the epidemic of swine flu.
San Francisco and Washington DC already require paid sick leave, and Milwaukee, as well as many other states are considering doing the same. In addition, the legislatures of other states, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, are debating similar measures.
Categories: Healthy Family
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