Seattle Sick Leave Law:: 1:25 p.m. A report done for the Seattle City Auditors Office finds that businesses costs of implementing a local law on paid sick leave have been considerably less than expected. A team of University of Washington researchers also found no evidence that the new law forced any firms out of business or caused any of them to leave the city. Some 70 percent of employers support the ordinance. These business owners, managers, and human resources professionals view paid leave as a valuable and important benefit for their workers, the researchers wrote. Since some businesses had issued dark predictions about the effects of the measure, expect this report (which we first noticed on Publicola) to be spun during the debate about whether companies are crying wolf about impacts from a $15 minimum wage proposal. Almost of the businesses surveyed for the research knew about the law and are complying fully or partially.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:00:07 +0000
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