Summary
Your Monday On the Job column, "Mandating sick leave" (Business, Plugged in), tried to take a balanced look at requiring paid sick days for workers. However, it neglected to mention how such a mandate would hurt the country's most vulnerable workers.
Considering that the national unemployment rate has increased a shocking 71 percent since May 2008, now is not the time to compel businesses - many already running on razor-thin margins - to stomach a forced increase in labor costs by the government. Many companies, especially small businesses, are forced to respond to these higher labor costs by cutting staff hours, vacation, benefits and wages.See the full content of this document
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Leave Sick Leave Alone
Imposing a typical sick-leave mandate...
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