Channeling my high school self

[chargirlgenius]

Whereas, the powers that be are encouraging sick people to stay home from work or school when they’re sick, and
Whereas the United States has the paltriest sick and maternity leaves among all industrialized nations, and
Whereas individuals will come to work sick because they will either lose pay or vacation time when it is combined, and
Whereas companies will not voluntarily offer better sick and maternity leaves without it being legally mandated, and
Whereas a legal mandate will put American companies on an even playing field with one another, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that Congress should get their collective heads out of their asses and pass legislation that
1. Requires employers that have a minimum of 10 employees to offer at least 15 paid sick leave to employees.
2. Requires the aforementioned employers to separate sick time from vacation time.
3. Requires the aforementioned employers to provide at least three months paid maternity leave.

Comments

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

I don’t disagree with much of what you say. But realistically speaking, that’s why actual bills are thousands of pages long. :-D

And perhaps it’s not something that needs to be funded by companies. Of course, then we’re veering into the bigger government argument. But as I understand it, many smaller (and even larger) businesses like the idea of the government taking over the health care benefit, because then the burden is no longer on the business.

In any case, every other industrialized nation has better leave laws than we do. In fact, many *developing* countries have better laws than we do. There have got to be some good examples to look to, to pick and choose what works for the particular situation in our country.