TAKE ACTION NOW! Oppose A Multi-Billion Dollar Paid Sick Leave Mandate
AB 2716 is a proposed new law that would unreasonably expand employer’s and local government agencies’ costs and liability by mandating paid sick leave for all employees, including, interns, seasonal, part-time, temporary, and full-time employees.
All employers in California would be mandated to provide paid sick leave to an employee after only seven days of work in a calendar year. The proposed new law impacts all employers, large and small, regardless of the current level of sick leave already provided.
This proposal, estimated to cost employers billions of dollars in increased costs, places a massive burden on our local businesses at a time when our economy is underperforming and job cuts are continual.
David Weldon says:
It seems like this proposal might be reasonable and it might shift the burden from those who can’t afford to be sick to those who might be able to….
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July 28, 2008, 12:08 pm