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“From Day One of this administration, we’ve made it our mission to lift up working families and raise the wage and benefit floor for all New Yorkers. This law is the first of many steps we are taking to fundamentally address inequality in this city, and make this a city where everyone rises together. Today is truly a historic day that takes us one step closer toward that goal,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “I want to thank City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for her extraordinary leadership in fighting to ensure that half a million more New Yorkers get paid sick leave coverage, all the City Council members who co-sponsored the bill, and every advocate who stood by us and worked tirelessly to make today a reality. We could not have done this without you. You have my deepest gratitude and the appreciation of all the working families that can now rest assured that in this city, they will not have to choose between taking a sick day and earning a paycheck.”
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Eliminating the phase-in, which would have delayed coverage to workers at businesses between 15 and 20 workers. This means 140,000 people who would have waited until mid-2015 under the existing bill will have coverage this April. Eighty-five thousand of those workers do not currently have a single paid sick day.
Removing exemptions for the manufacturing sector, extending paid sick leave coverage to 76,000 workers, half of whom don’t currently have any paid sick days.
Adding grandparents, grandchildren and siblings to the definition of family members workers can legally care for using paid sick time.
Eliminating the economic trigger that could have delayed implementation of paid sick leave based on certain economic benchmarks.
I have not had paid sick time since 2004 and don't want it.
Dear Mr. Manager, plus let me lick your shoes! Please!!! And they say liberalism is a mental disorder. If liberalism is a mental disorder, what do you have then?
So it basically means another XXX days of paid vacation, on the employers back. Wonder how many more companies will be leaving the hellhole of NYC.
I just skimmed the article, does it say how many extra days per year are involved?
40 paid sick leave hours per year.
And employees can carry it over to the next year if they don't use it or the employer can pay them for the 40 hours.
It also expanded the reasons to include "mental health days" for the employee.
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