Seattle...Ken Schram: Mandatory sick leave the right thing to do

[rsmith6621]

http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/129660228.html

SEATTLE -- Seattle is on the verge of becoming only the 3rd city in the nation to adopt a mandatory sick leave law.

A majority of the city council is said to be in support of the ordinance, which would benefit an estimated 190,000 workers who currently either have to go to work when they're sick or lose pay for the time they take off.

Here’s how it would shake out.

Businesses with between 5 and 49 employees would be required to provide at least 5 days of sick leave a year.

Those with 50 to 249 people would have to give their workers 7 days, and those with 250 employees or more would give over 9 days.

[Warpy]

1. Sick leave should not be convertible to vacation time

or any other time off. Sick workers need to STAY HOME rather than come to work and infect everybody else because they want a longer vacation.