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Lobbying for Paid Sick Leave (Fox 61)
A Bill to Give Paid Sick Time
Janice Podsada (Courant)
The Working Families Party says the Connecticut Business & Industry Association is playing fast and loose with the facts on their Web site.
In an e-mail sent to the Advocate in relation to last week's story about the legislative fight over the Paid Sick Leave Bill ["Calling Out," March 27], state WFP Executive Director Jon Green ran through the information about the bill on CBIA's Web site, saying that CBIA misinterprets the bill.
Whereas the CBIA's site claims the bill lets workers accrue sick days with "unlimited and indefinite carryover to future years," the bill caps the amount of carry-over sick days at 52 hours.
The CBIA says service industry employers and seasonal companies will be impacted by the bill. The WFP points out that the bill says "nothing under this section and section 3 of this act shall be applicable to day or temporary workers." Furthermore, the bill's analysis says "the bill specifically exempts day and temporary workers from its provisions."
Party Delivers Message with an Apple
Christine Stuart (CTNewsJunkie)
An apple a day doesn’t always keep the doctor away, but it’s helping the Working Families Party and unions get their message across to lawmakers about the paid sick days bill.
Urania Petit, a Working Families Party member, said 40 percent of workers in the state do not receive a single paid sick day.
If a sick worker isn’t given one day to recover their condition may get worse and that one day may turn into three months, Petit said Wednesday.
Petit and the group passed out apple grams Wednesday to encourage lawmakers to support legislation that would allow workers to earn one hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked.
