[concerned about politics]

Employers hate this bill because it gives people the cushion to actually take the 6 weeks. Many people couldn't afford to take 6 weeks unpaid leave off work. So, it is a negative for business, but they are not directly paying for this bill.

They have to hire new people and train them to substitute for 6 weeks. While one is new, another is taken away to train him. They lose 2 employees-worth of work in one shot.
They not only lose productivity, but the massive paperwork to fill out just for the new employees 6 weeks of work takes some overtime pay.
A woman gets the 6 weeks for medical reasons. She has to rest from her labor, and the baby wakes up every 2 hours to be fed, leading to sleep deprivation.
Sure it would be nice to have "dad" around, but it's not at all necessary. It's just another NOW type legislation. The more they can get people from working for a living , the better the liberals like it. People could grow used to it, and decide to become government dependants themselves. It's so much easier. Let the right wing pay for everything. That's fair.

[tjg]

You are correct; the right wing should pay for everything. The liberals are the ones that think up all this nifty stuff, they should'nt have to do everything.

[kellynla]

Too bad the legislators and governor Dimwit don't realize what you have and is quite obvious to those business owners like myself...this is the proverbial nail in the coffin...and we already have plans to shut down in CA if Davis is re-elected. We just can't afford to operate in CA for another four years of the Dimwit and a liberal state legistature. Taxes, workman's comp, CAL OSHA, waste, fraud and abuse just to name a few and now this...it's been real and it's been nice but I can't say it's been real nice and after 25 years I think we will just say "adios!" and let the "Barbra Streisands" in Malibu figure out how to pay for all this...

[B4Ranch]

We may just see businesses hiring more men and more male part time workers.