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May 24, 2023 – Vote your concern today – time is running out!
Do You Support Paid Sick Leave Mandates for all size Small Employers!
Tell your lawmakers how you feel about the paid sick leave bill.
SB 1178 would expand the state’s paid sick leave mandate and impose it on the state’s smallest employers.
Currently, businesses with 50 or more employees are required to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave each year to their service workers – a group of specified job titles.
SB 1178 changes that by:
- Requiring ALL employers provide up to 40 hours of leave to ALL employees
- Speeds up the rate employees accrue the leave
- Creates perpetual accounting liabilities by allowing employees to carry up to 40 hours of leave each year
The bill has already passed the Senate and is awaiting final action in the House. Tell your lawmakers how you feel about the expansion of this bill and its impact on your business.
If enacted, small businesses should anticipate more workplace shortages, additional requirements related to tracking employee leave accrual and usage, and more financial penalties for mistakes in record keeping.
Business advocates attempted to negotiate to make the bill better in the Senate, but our efforts were rebuked. Show your lawmakers that you are paying attention to efforts to target the state’s smallest businesses and if you believe that this mandate should not apply to businesses with only a few employees! VOTE YOUR CONCERN HERE!