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We asked for your views on the state forcing businesses to provide paid sick leave for every worker.
I think the standard should be 1 working week per year. After establishing time with the company add a week after a 5 year anniversary and so on at 10 years. 9 days is too long in my opinion. - Justin, Santee
I don't agree with the legislation. I feel that employees would take advantage of the paid sick days. In the long run it will cost us (the consumer) more, and with the economy in the toilet it would be one more thing to stress about. - Delanie, La Mesa
I think people do need days off when they are sick but putting a set number on how many days are allowed will cause people to abuse the sick days when they aren't really needed. - Phillip, La Jolla
If staying home when you are sick means you get paid for not working then why don't we all take sick days and be lazy? Giving sick pay can just make the problem worse. It's hard enough to try to get people to show up for work when they aren't sick. - Nicole, Southeast San Diego
There are other ways for California businesses to deal with employees being sick. Forcing local businesses to pay sick days to all employees is the wrong route. The state should pass the bill that IHRSA has put out, giving tax breaks to companies that implement and support "corporate wellness" programs. The company can have their employees participate in health club memberships, activities, etc to create a healthy lifestyle and become sick less often. - Bob, Pacific Beach
Shouldn't the state law makers pass a minimum wage that reflects the high cost of living before they work on mandating a benefits package? - Curtis, Hillcrest
In my opinion I think that this should be paid. It's bad enough that what most companies seem to do is say they are giving you "X" amount of sick days, when in fact if you are sick it comes off of your vacation days. This should be separate "AS" initially stated during orientation of the place of employment. To be honest, I don't like when sick people are coughing throughout the workplace. - Anthony, San Marcos
I think that mandating sick days for all employees will ultimately effect the consumer in a negative way. Small businesses already have a small profit margin and requiring them to pay employees for sick days will be an expense passed on to the consumer. It is an unfair mandate especially for small businesses. Employees calling in sick is already a difficult situation to manage for many businesses. It is asking too much for many businesses already struggling to compete with major corporations. - Melinda, Chula Vista
The People's Republic of California now wants mandatory sick days? So what's next, "Don't forget to vote for obesity day this Tuesday folks" - Mark, Carmel Valley
As a business owner, I feel the state is going too far. It's all we can do to keep up with all the laws and regulations they are giving us. Unless I am in the hospital, I can't take a sick day because I can't afford it. So how am I supposed to pay my employees sick days? If they don't work, someone else has to, which means I pay double. If I can't pay me to be sick, how could I pay double for an employee to get sick? Staying in business is very hard. It could put me out of business if I get any more "extras" to have to pay for someone else. - Kathy, Ramona
( days, that's rediculos. That gives bad employees more reason to skip work and get paid for it. I had to cover 2 shifts (working 15 hours) Tuesday because I had 2 guys call out sick on the same day, just so happens to be the day after Memorial day. Party day. They get paid sick days. If they do it they should make it three days. - Gary, Imperial Beach
I agree with the mandatory paid sick days. I work for a small firm that does not offer sick pay, and that has caused me many times to have to report to work even being really sick. I can't afford to miss work, and I think it is unfair that I dedicate my hard work and can't ask to be compensated for a single sick day. I have also gotten sick from co-workers that also had to report to work while being sick. I think that the mandatory sick pay would be very beneficial, not only to employees, but to employers as well. Employees would have a day to recover from any illnesses and would be more productive when reporting back to work. If an employer cannot afford to pay sick days, he/she should not have employees in the first place. - Tassia, San Diego
I believe this is good legislation, primarily for public health concerns. When I go to a restaurant with my family, I don't want to worry about the waiter or food preparers being sick and contaminating my family's foods with the flu, tuberculosis or other communicable diseases. This piece of mind is worth paying an extra fraction of a dollar per meal for me. Regarding businesses leaving the State, I don't believe that high tech firms will leave the State for this reason - they compete for highly trained employees, and are already offering these basic benefits. Restaurants, auto repair shops and other service industries are unlikely to leave either because large population centers provide the high-density customer bases where these service industries thrive. - Ed, Encinitas
I think this is a wondeful idea! The cost of living is already high for the average person living here, and this would also make strugglng families feel a little better about missing a day or two of work due to sickness. - LaTesha, El Cajon
I am so sick.... sick of laws which drive businesses out of California and discourage them from coming here. These are regulations, intended to get votes, are made by legislatures who have never had to make a payroll, and know nothing about running a business. DISGUSTING! - Paul, Mission Beach
This is just another ridiculous example of Big Brother's attempted cradle-to-grave control of our lives. Having worked for a number of companies that offered "sick leave", virtually every employee, including myself, treated that time as extra vacation pay. This bill will just increase most business's expenses, raising costs and prices to consumers. BAD IDEA!! - ***, Serra Mesa
I feel that it's an excellent idea that California has businesses give sick days. Especially in the food industry, so many employees -- i.e cooks and servers -- work when they're still sick. This is an excellent idea, and would also help me in the retail field. - Juan, Lemon Grove
Another example of stupid government social engineering! The fact is most sick leave ends up being used for just taking the day off, with pay, rather than dealing with an illness. - Dennis, El Cajon
I certainly don't think its fair that some people get paid sick leave and others don't... In a country of free capital, I reckon that's necessary though, right? - Chad, San Diego
As a Califonornia business owner, It is pretty disappointing that we are not getting to support and back up we need. Asbusiness owners we are putting our necks out there to provide jobs to help boost the economy and yet we are being penalized by having to pay sick time. It's interesting that an employee would consisder themsleves penalized for not getting paid for being sick but in reality the employers are. Fact is, if it weren't for us as employers, they wouldn't have the income to lose. - Mary, Santee
I am a small business owner with six employees, this would be enough to put me out of business. what happen to making it easier for small business owners? Are those that propose these laws business owners? I bet not. A bad move, especially during a recession, one that we will be in for years to come. - Leei, Linda Vista
AT&T has consistently cited the high cost of doing business in California as its reason for moving jobs out of the state as well as offshore. Currently the company pays employees for all sick days. Employees, educated by the union, have learned to apply for FMLA when they've jeopardized their jobs by calling out sick one too many times. This has the effect of extending sick leave for approximately six months (depending on the number of hours worked in a calendar year), all at full pay. The reduction in efficiency is crippling. Consequently AT&T is reducing its head count in California call centers through attrition and consolidation with no plans on hiring. Recently executives have been so bold as to publicly state that doing business in this state is too expensive and they make no apologies about outsourcing and moving jobs to other states like as Texas and Florida and countries like India and the Philippines. Paid sick leave is a benefit offered by the employer, not a right of the employee. People have to make intelligent choices. Mandating paid sick leave will only serve to drive more companies out of the state and further exacerbate state budget issues. - Todd, San Diego
Yes, I believe that workers are entitled to a limited amount of sick leave. Employers who don't provide it are just taking advantage of the employees. - Linda, Rancho Bernardo
I think it is a very good idea to get sick pay. For people who are hurt like me, it would really help. - Sean, Vista
California is a state favoring workers rights more than employers rights. As a foot/ankle specialist/ business owner for 18 years it's time for the state legislature to start passing legislation to regulate the rising costs of doing business. Paying employees for a sick day? Sure, no problem. Then I vote for reducing my corporate business tax from $800.00 a year to $150.00. Paid sick days are a luxury for corporate America not the small business owner. - Jim, Chula Vista
If you have a legitimate reason to be home sick, I think you should be entitled to keep your same pay for the week. - Mercedes, Vista
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