Minneapolis Inches Closer To Comprehensive Paid Sick Leave
The city of Minneapolis is one step closer to implementing the most sweeping paid sick leave policy in the state.
The proposal, which advanced
Wednesday out of a city council committee, would require employers to provide 48 hours a year paid sick leave to almost all employees working in the city.
The only employers who would be exempt would be those with three or fewer employees. But not everyone is on board.
Supporters of paid sick leave spoke with reporters before Wednesday’s meeting. Chris Pennock did not have paid sick time when he worked as a carpet cleaner.
“If you had, you know, a temperature … if you had the flu, it didn’t matter what it was,” Pennock said. “They would take out $100 or more our of your paycheck every day you called in sick.”
The proposal would mandate that employees who did not use their sick leave would be able to bank or carry over up to 80 hours into the next calendar year.
