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Jul 03, 2009 at 09:30 AM
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Two other U.S. cities have such measures - San Francisco and Washington, D.C. A voter-approved effort to require it in Milwaukee was recently struck down by a judge who said it was unconstitutional.
Bloomberg said at a campaign forum Thursday evening that he cannot commit to the idea yet but says his staff is studying it.
He was speaking to the Working Families Party, whose endorsement he is trying to win in the mayoral race. Paid sick days are a priority for the group.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 09:35 AM cudoes to the mayor Says:
as a city resident and an employee who takes sick days, i applawd you for your support.....i deserve to get the money and will vote for you many more times...the employers are communists and we deserve money...tzayschems l'shalome
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Jul 03, 2009 at 11:04 AM Anonymous Says:
Another reason why not to set up a business in NY
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Jul 03, 2009 at 11:03 AM Anonymous Says:
Even though there will probably be a limit to how many days one can get paid for being sick, those who do not use up those days when actually will call in sick for the maximum number of days and collect the money. Basically, it will be used as paid vacation by many. It looks like the mayor has barack obama fever. This socialist stupidity will kill buisness in New York, especially by the smaller vendors.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 10:58 AM BenEliezer Says:
“ as a city resident and an employee who takes sick days, i applawd you for your support.....i deserve to get the money and will vote for you many more times...the employers are communists and we deserve money...tzayschems l'shalome ”
An employee who spells and writes like you does not deserve UNEARNED sick days. You don't deserve employment more demanding than pushing a broom!
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Jul 03, 2009 at 10:12 AM anticommunist and antisocialisim Says:
Wow amazing you get sick and you want to still get paid? Be happy your employer still gives you your job when you get better. No wonder business are leaving this country, they are being taxed to death and forced to pay for no show jobs now? Might as well be in the business with the mafia.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 11:56 AM YitzchokM Says:
“ An employee who spells and writes like you does not deserve UNEARNED sick days. You don't deserve employment more demanding than pushing a broom! ”
He was saying it sarcastically. Chill out.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 11:51 AM Expatriate Owl Says:
As everyone knows, people come in to work when they are sick, and stay home when they are well.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 12:27 PM Anonymous Says:
if you dont work, why should you get paid? if you dont produce, then you dont earn. what is to stop someone from taking off when they are not sick? right now, at least there is a consequence. if this goes through, what is to stop people from taking advantage? i dont know about other people, but in the jobs i have had, i have always had a specified number of paid sick days. if you exceed that number, you take off without pay.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 12:37 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Even though there will probably be a limit to how many days one can get paid for being sick, those who do not use up those days when actually will call in sick for the maximum number of days and collect the money. Basically, it will be used as paid vacation by many. It looks like the mayor has barack obama fever. This socialist stupidity will kill buisness in New York, especially by the smaller vendors. ”
it's amazing how you people think. I've always worked in companies who provide sick days. Never have I used them to take vacation days. For that matter, I don't remember using more than one a year! (I have had 7 or more per year in each company).
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Jul 03, 2009 at 02:59 PM Sullivan Says:
Where I work we get an unlimited number of sick days.
When there was a specified number employees felt they had to "use them or lose them", an attitude the company didn't like. If all sick days were used up employees reported to work while they were sick, another attitude the company didn't like.
Supposedly every sick day an employee takes is recorded in a database and HR uses software to check if an employee is “calling in sick” every Monday, every day after a holiday, every Yom Tov and even every time a new Harry Potter volume was released.
If an employee takes too many sick days he/ she gets put on short term disability and has to justify the illness to the insurance company that was contracted to pay the benefits.
I haven’t heard any stories of employees abusing this system yet (doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened).
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Jul 03, 2009 at 02:31 PM Anonymous Says:
Frumme yiddin could use these days on yom tovim so we don't have to use up vacation days.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 02:14 PM Anonymous Says:
It's a great idea. People now go in sick to work and spread contagious illnesses. A limited number of sick days is humane.
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Jul 03, 2009 at 03:53 PM Anonymous Says:
Look at the State -- they earned money and they are not even there!! Now the city wants to do it!! What are we a bank?? We give away money!! Not even a bank gives away $$$ Gut shabbas
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Jul 03, 2009 at 03:53 PM Anonymous Says:
Look at the State -- they earned money and they are not even there!! Now the city wants to do it!! What are we a bank?? We give away money!! Not even a bank gives away $$$ Gut shabbas
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Jul 03, 2009 at 05:35 PM leave us alone Says:
The method of paying employees should be left to employers. As long as employers are not abusive there is no reason to mandate additional laws. The marketplace always has a place for workers to find employment that meets their needs, skils and abilities.
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Jul 05, 2009 at 08:18 PM PMO Says:
“ as a city resident and an employee who takes sick days, i applawd you for your support.....i deserve to get the money and will vote for you many more times...the employers are communists and we deserve money...tzayschems l'shalome ”
Actually.... the idea of getting paid for days you don't work is the more "communist" idea. No wonder you live in NY.
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Jul 05, 2009 at 08:22 PM PMO Says:
“ The method of paying employees should be left to employers. As long as employers are not abusive there is no reason to mandate additional laws. The marketplace always has a place for workers to find employment that meets their needs, skils and abilities. ”
I can't believe I had to read 15 posts to find ONE that actually made sense.
Employers can choose to give sick days or not choose to give sick days just like any other "benefit". Since when should the government have any right to dictate company policies?
NY (and especially the city), is just a complete communist cesspool. Just sit back and watch more and more companies leave. We here in FL are happy to welcome them with little regulation and we don't tell them how to spend their own money.
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Jul 05, 2009 at 08:19 PM PMO Says:
“ Frumme yiddin could use these days on yom tovim so we don't have to use up vacation days. ”
So you will LIE in order to save vacation days? You're a real tzaddik.