Law now entitles all workers in S.F. to paid sick leave - Ted Kennedy wants it a Fed law

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | February 6, 2007 | Ilana DeBare, Chronicle Staff Writer

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Huber Herrera coughed into his sleeve. He ran over to a trash can to dispose of some tissues. He no longer had a fever, but he'd had one over the weekend when he showed up for his shift in a downtown San Francisco restaurant

"Even now, I'm sick and having to go to work," said Herrera, a 46-year-old prep cook, speaking at a news conference Monday marking the start of San Francisco's new paid sick-leave law.

The law was approved by 61 percent of San Francisco voters in November.

The first such law in the country, it requires all businesses to provide paid sick leave to employees who work within the city.

Business groups have criticized the law as one in a series of mandates -- including a citywide minimum wage and a new health insurance requirement -- that will make it hard for small retailers and restaurants to survive in the city.

But labor advocates say that sick leave should be a basic human right and that the San Francisco law has already fueled a movement for paid sick leave in other cities and states.

Lawmakers in New Jersey and Washington state, for instance, recently introduced similar bills. And Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., will hold a committee hearing next week on a similar federal proposal that he has raised unsuccessfully in the past.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Lot's of interesting tid-bits in this article, inc:

"-- If employees have no spouse or registered domestic partner, they may use their sick leave to care for an unrelated "designated person," such as a roommate or neighbor. Employees must be given an opportunity to designate this person once every year."

[Nailbiter]

Can we just give California to some other country.
/s

[Calpernia]

>>>Lawmakers in New Jersey and Washington state, for instance, recently introduced similar bills. And Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., will hold a committee hearing next week on a similar federal proposal that he has raised unsuccessfully in the past.

http://www.nj1015.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=5677&z=3
Committee Approves Paid Family Leave Bill

Between that sick leave; plus the paid family leave, add in all the vacations and personal time, this almost sounds like a way for politicians to hold 'no show jobs' :p

[D.P.Roberts]

"...make it hard for small retailers and restaurants to survive in the city."

And, of course, that's the point. These are always "follow the money" cases. The politician is eliminating competiton for a benefactor.

[E Rocc]

One of the most abusable laws imaginable. Now listen for, well I'd say what Ross Perot said, but in reference to SF, maybe not....

-Eric

[Londo Molari]

Employers will get around this by hiring independent "contractors" that have no benefits.

It is disgusting how the drunk whale wants others to dish out their money, but he hids his in off shore accounts.

[Hardastarboard]

Why do you have the /s tag? I was hoping you were serious. Don't take away my hope.

[Londo Molari]

hids = hides

[Dosa26]

This is an OUTRAGE! What if my dog gets sick? HUH? Shouldn't I be paid to stay home to care for him? /sarc

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

So, why would any serious business want to either come or remain in San Francisco following this foolishness. I hope the whole city goes into the dump...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Get rid of the Businessmen and replace them with Government union thugs and global giants run by lawyers and accountants.


"Businessmen are the one group that distinguishes capitalism and the American way of life from the totalitarian statism that is swallowing the rest of the world.
All the other social groups- workers, farmers, professional men, scientists, soldiers- exist under dictatorships, even though they exist in chains, in terror, in misery, and in progressive self-destruction.
But there is no such group as businessmen under a dictatorship.
Their place is taken by armed thugs: by bureaucrats and commissars.
Businessmen are the symbol of a free society- the symbol of America."
Source: Capitalism – The Unknown Ideal Chapter 3
AYN RAND

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The homeless and mentally ill are descending on SF.

I can't imagine living there.

[Nailbiter]

Sorry, trying not offend those (freepers) from California, and went and offended someone from elsewhere, LOL just cannot win some days.

[Jack Wilson]

The term 'human right' is code for totalitarian government.

[mewzilla]

You know what the worst bit is? The regs rearding how to implement the dang SF law haven't even been completed yet. Businesses have no idea what's expected of them.

Way to go, 'Rats!

[Sybeck1]

Sounds like France to me.

[durasell]

Companies in SF


List of companies headquartered in San Francisco, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Agriculture

Del Monte Foods
Wilbur-Ellis
Apparel

Gap, Inc. (139)
Levi Strauss & Co. (484)
Biomedical

McKesson Corporation (16)
Construction

Bechtel Corporation
Swinerton
Electronics

Dolby Laboratories
OQO
Sega of America
Energy

Chemoil Corporation
Pacific Gas & Electric (200)
Entertainment

Industrial Light and Magic
Lucasfilm
LucasArts
The Orphanage
Wild Brain
Fashion

KAVI Corporation
Financial

Bank of the Orient
Bank of the West
Barclays Global Investors
Charles Schwab (418)
Esurance
Thomas Weisel Partners
United Commercial Bank
VISA
Wells Fargo (46)
Pegasus Aviation
Food and Drink

Anchor Brewing Company
Boudin Bakery
Jamba Juice
Skyy Spirits LLC
Furniture

Design Within Reach
Jewelry

Simayof Diamond Cutters
Media

AllBusiness.com Inc
Americana Exchange
Bebo
Business 2.0
CNET
Craigslist
Current TV, LLC
LiveJournal
Mother Jones Magazine
Planetout
Salon Media Group, Inc.
VIZ Media
Wired Magazine
Hi-Fructose Magazine
XLR8R Magazine
Planet* Magazine
MacWorld Magazine
Juxtapoz Magazine
California Home & Design Magazine
Chronicle Books
Dwell Magazine
Thrasher Magazine
PC World Magazine
Internet

Typepad
Blogspot
Technorati
Digg
Yelp
BitTorrent Inc.
SixApart
Non-profit

Internet Archive
The Sierra Club
Retail

Gymboree Corporation
The Sharper Image
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.


Companies headquartered near San Francisco include:

Apparel

Bebe
Karen Neuburger
The North Face
Biomedical

Chiron
Genentech
Consumer Goods

Clorox (460)
Electronics

AMD (367)
Agilent Tech. (319)
Apple Computer (159)
Applied Materials (317)
Cisco Systems (83)
Hewlett Packard (11)
Intel (49)
JDS Uniphase
Maxtor
Sanmina-SCI (198)
Solectron Corporation (227)
Sun Microsystems (211)
THX
Digidesign
Energy

Calpine Corporation (275)
Chevron (4)
Entertainment

Electronic Arts
Netflix
Pixar Animation
PDI/Dreamworks
Financial

GWF Corporation (326)
PayPal
Food and Drink

C&H Pure Cane Sugar
Clif Bar
E & J Gallo Winery
Jelly Belly
Peet's Coffee & Tea
PowerBar
See's Candies
It'sIt
Otis Spunkmeyer Inc.
Internet

Ask.com
eBay (458)
Google (353)
Yahoo! (412)
YouTube
Retail

Longs Drug Stores
Ross Stores (431)
Safeway (50)
Smith & Hawken
Restoration Hardware
Software

Adobe Systems
McAfee
Mozilla
Oracle (196)
VMware
Security

Franklin Resources (474)
Transportation and Logistic

Virgin America
CNF (481)


Media

ReadyMade Magazine
University of California Press
Bitch Magazine
Communication Arts

[CBF]

They will make that illegal as well. Such as "Independent Contractor must have more than one main source of income". This is the way things are in Europe. Trust me, they close all the loop-holes. Nice thing about the paid sick leave is that when some employee asks for a freeday or a vacation without advance notice, and you as the employer say no, the next day, they are sick.

[Santiago de la Vega]

Britain's considering a similar law for your pets.

You can stay home to nurse a sick pet.