{"id":1537,"date":"2015-12-22T12:47:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluentricciardi.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:52:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:52:32","slug":"how-does-mandatory-paid-sick-leave-affect-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fluentricciardi.com\/how-does-mandatory-paid-sick-leave-affect-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does \u201cMandatory Paid Sick Leave\u201d Affect You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For quite some time, jurisdictions have had laws on the books requiring that employers grant employees sick leave\u00a0without\u00a0pay. Mandatory compensation while away for sick leave had never really been an issue. Over the past few years, however, momentum has been increasing to make it the law that workers be compensated while away from work for time taken off for sick leave.<\/p>\n

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One of the most prevalent arguments in favor of mandatory paid sick leave is that the employee can\u2019t afford financially to take time away from the workplace while ill. In this scenario, the sick employee chooses to return to the workplace, thus exposing co-workers to the very germs that made them sick in the first place. So, instead of staying home recuperating from their illness, a contagious returning employee increases the chance that co-workers will get sick and further damage the productivity of the company.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, opponents (employers)\u00a0argue<\/a>\u00a0that the mandatory paid sick leave measures make it that much harder to remain competitive and hire new employees. Furthermore, business groups contend that requiring firms to provide paid sick leave benefits will force them to raise prices and consider reducing employees\u2019 hours or other benefits.<\/p>\n

According to NationalPartnership.org, mandatory sick leave supposedly affords the following\u00a0benefits<\/a>:<\/p>\n