Comments on: Question of the Week: Mandatory Sick Pay or More Universal Workplace Flex? http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2009/05/21/question-of-the-week-mandatory-sick-pay-or-more-universal-workplace-flex/ The quest for flexibility in a rigid world Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2009/05/21/question-of-the-week-mandatory-sick-pay-or-more-universal-workplace-flex/#comment-325 admin Thu, 28 May 2009 10:55:37 +0000 http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/?p=432#comment-325 Finally - I received this via email and thought the community should know about it. As the debate turns national it is important to see how a city has taken this issue and worked with it: Nation's First Paid Sick Leave Law Posed Few Problems for Employers, Study Finds Read the report at http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411868 <http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411868> . A new Urban Institute study provides the first look at how employers implemented San Francisco's groundbreaking law requiring paid sick days for all employees. Faced with three new rules affecting wages and benefits, business owners reported minimal problems with paid sick leave specifically. The study details employer experiences, highlighting changes to their operations, staffing, employee-benefit packages, and reporting requirements. The study concludes with recommendations for federal, state,and local officials debating paid sick leave policies. Finally – I received this via email and thought the community should know about it. As the debate turns national it is important to see how a city has taken this issue and worked with it:

Nation’s First Paid Sick Leave Law Posed Few Problems for Employers, Study Finds

Read the report at http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411868
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A new Urban Institute study provides the first look at how employers implemented San Francisco’s groundbreaking law requiring paid sick days for all employees. Faced with three new rules affecting wages and benefits, business owners reported minimal problems with paid sick leave specifically. The study details employer experiences, highlighting changes to their operations, staffing, employee-benefit packages, and reporting
requirements. The study concludes with recommendations for federal, state,and local officials debating paid sick leave policies.

]]> By: admin http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2009/05/21/question-of-the-week-mandatory-sick-pay-or-more-universal-workplace-flex/#comment-310 admin Sat, 23 May 2009 15:56:19 +0000 http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/?p=432#comment-310 And this one from Twitter on Thursday: G_Neil: RT @leanneclc: What do you think: mandatory paid sick time or more workplace flex? http://bit.ly/ij2VN (expand) #worklife More flex - hlthy ppl win And this one from Twitter on Thursday:

G_Neil: RT @leanneclc: What do you think: mandatory paid sick time or more workplace flex? http://bit.ly/ij2VN (expand) #worklife More flex – hlthy ppl win

]]> By: admin http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/2009/05/21/question-of-the-week-mandatory-sick-pay-or-more-universal-workplace-flex/#comment-306 admin Fri, 22 May 2009 00:45:16 +0000 http://www.careerlifeconnection.com/blog/?p=432#comment-306 From Twitter tonight...of course neither is also a thought... DocGrawitch: @leanneclc I don't know that either one should be mandatory... From Twitter tonight…of course neither is also a thought…

DocGrawitch: @leanneclc I don’t know that either one should be mandatory…

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