Posted on 03/27/2013 12:18:09 PM PDT by markomalley
Don’t like the idea, but it is unfortunate there are many workers out there who literally get zero sick or vacation time depending on the fields they work in....
But, not government’s job to fix it.
Obamacare should cover it! AT LEAST 4 weeks paid time off each year for ‘mental health’
yes, another wonderful idea that will cause even more unemployment than Obama and Pelosi have already given us
This will be great for female employment numbers! Do I need a sarc tag?
I think I’ve figured out what the primary goal of a liberal politician is.
To get the private sector and/or the taxpayer to pay for something that they want to “give” to people they want to vote for them.
They don’t seem to do anything else.
Just as with constitutionally indefensible Obamacare, Pelosi is again trying to interfere with 10th Amendment protected state powers.
One reason I went to school was to get a job which had better benefits.
Funny how that works.
I don't take much vacation, so my accruals go over the 480 cap fairly often. I try to get home for my wedding anniversary and Christmas. That blows off 80 hours. I ended up with a 40 hour payout last December.
Doesn’t Europe pretty much take off a whole month in the summer? We see how well that works, why stop at a week?
They won't be in business for long.
I have a question for Nancy: How many of your Pacific island based Star-Kist employees have paid sick leave?
Yeah, I thought so.
“but it is unfortunate there are many workers out there who literally get zero sick or vacation time depending on the fields they work in....”
You can buy insurance for anything. That would fix the entire issue. Every company I worked for even recommended a carrier and a set of policies and worked out group coverage. It wasn’t a law to do so, it is just good business. No government involved so far as I know.
Now, it's been a few years, so it's time to add the paid part in. If they can't get it passed through Congress, they go to their two prong approach: Start hitting the state legislatures where they have the best chances of pushing it through, and also start going through the courts, looking for a sympathetic judge who will, at a minimum, force it to be considered.
After they get a few states to pass it, they'll use them as examples as to how it should be national (not fair for the people of one state to have paid sick leave and neighbor states not!!).
It's how politics work. Repubs should try it.
Because the jobs recovery isn’t slow enough already.
American workers could get a lot more time off too if they were not subsidizing Europe’s security.
If a worker wants benefits he/she must work toward getting a job which offers them, not expect a struggling business-owner to hand them out.
City of Portland, OREGON has done this already...last month
Vacation is WAY over rated IMHO anyhoo...
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