Mandatory Sick Leave an Employer Burden?

Businesses in Milwaukee are fighting a referendum that mandates up to nine days of paid sick leave for all employees working within the city. Voters overwhelmingly approved the referendum this past November, but last week a coalition of business owners got a court to...

Paid Sick Leave: The Next Mandate?

President-elect Obama campaigned on a pledge to mandate paid sick leave at all places of work. Here’s how the president-elect’s Web site (Change.Gov) explained this: Half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days and the problem is worse for...