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How did the Connecticut legislature conclude that with unemployment at 9.1 percent, that 2011 would be a good year to make history by enacting a law that mandates the payment of sick leave for certain service industry employees? In the very same year that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proclaimed "Connecticut is open for business," he endorses a law that by its very nature sends a negative message to every citizen -- not only business owners -- that the Connecticut government does not respect the private agreements entered into voluntarily between employers and employees.
It has been 79 years since Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected president and the New Deal -- including the National Labor Relations Act and a host of other labor and employment laws -- became the law of the land, and not one state or the federal government had mandated payment for sick leave.See the full content of this document
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Sick Pay Law 'Sets Bad Precedent'
I have been asking myself what arguments were overlooked by opponents of the legislation besides the obvious, that it increases the cost of doing business and pushes our state government's nose further under the tent and into the...
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