Minimum paid sick days law works great in San Francisco

[eridani]

http://washingtonpolicywatch.org/2011/02/11/minimum-paid-sick-days-law-in-san-francisco-better-for-business-healthier-for-workers/

Minimum paid sick days law in San Francisco: Better for business, healthier for workers

San Francisco’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: Outcomes for Employers and Em ployees
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) examines the effects of San Francisco’s paid sick days law and finds positive benefits of the policy for employers and employees alike.

Passed in 2007, the law covers 17% of San Francisco workforce, or about 59,000 workers. It allows any part- or full-time employee working in the City of San Francisco – regardless of where the employer is based – to earn 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

Today, more than half of covered employees report some benefit due to the law, and one out of four workers reported that they were better able to care for their own and their families’ health. And while some local business leaders predicted the law would negatively impact San Francisco’s business climate, those fears were apparently unfounded.

[cutlassmama]

1. It's about time policies like these were enacted. They have sick leave

policies in France and Germany that put the U.S. to shame.

[xchrom]

2. those wacky san francisco values.

:applause:

[bigbrother05]

3. Federal employees earn 4 hrs sick leave for 80 hrs worked

Also possible to use individual sick leave to care for immediate family health, I.e. Taking kids to doctor or caring for spouse or parent. Leave carries over from year to year, so if you don't use as much in your younger, healthier years, you could have enough to cover serious illness at full pay later on. Also let you take in 15 minute increments so you only have to use what you need instead of a "sick day" for a morning dental appointment.

Some of these ideas/benefits were the reason the RW fought the public option so fiercely. If the general public were exposed to a humane system, no Corp would be able to fight off the workers demands and no For Profit insurance company could match it and still pay inflated dividends to investors.

It's things like the health care and defined benefit retirements that makes government service attractive to folks that put family and stability ahead of pure salary potential. Federal benefits have eroded since the 80's (thanks again Ronnie), but stability and benefits are still a primary motivation for federal service. Again, the very reason the RW is determined to break them and eliminate or outsource government. Imagine that your SS questions were being answered by a call center with efficiency guidelines counting the seconds spent on each call.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. We need menstrual huts, to rest up during our periods.

Mine were certainly disabling.

Four days of horrendous cramps, times 13 times a year equals 52 days. Women are supposed to suck it up and act like a man.