Bloomberg Studying Employer Paid Sick Days Legislation

Posted by NY Politics on Jul 2nd, 2009 and filed under Michael Bloomberg, Politicians. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his administration is looking at the concept of forcing employers to provide paid sick days.

Two other U.S. cities have such measures – San Francisco and Washington, D.C. A voter-approved effort to require it in Milwaukee was recently struck down by a judge who said it was unconstitutional.photo_bloomberg

Bloomberg said at a campaign forum Thursday evening that he cannot commit to the idea yet but says his staff is studying it.

He was speaking to the Working Families Party, whose endorsement he is trying to win in the mayoral race. Paid sick days are a priority for the group.

Source: AP

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