The average person out there does not have the slightest idea of what payroll costs are or how they affect an employer.
Even Trump is out there pushing this, so chuck it onto my pile of bad ideas which are inevitable.
Paid leave for personal reasons, and a separate paid leave for being sick, are standards afforded to EVERY federal employee. 4 hrs sick leave accrued every pay period, with no cap, and either 4,6, or 8 hrs personal each pay period, with a cap of 240, which can be maintained, as long they remain employed.
57 weeks of leave: How expensive is this?
57 X 40 = 2280 HOURS Times $15 an hour (MIN WAGE)=$34,200
Show me ANY business in the USA that can afford such a mandate.
Virginia just mandated 40 hours of paid sick leave per year for every employee including part-time. Just waiting on the Governor to sign it.