THE PROPOSED SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION ON TUESDAY’S MUNICIPAL ELECTION BALLOT IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE RACE ON THIS PROPOSAL … BASICALLY 50-50 WITH JUST OVER 700 VOTES GIVING THE WIN TO OPPONENTS. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED EARLY WEDNESDAY GAVE THE “NO VOTES” THE WIN WITH 46-THOUSAND-51 VOTES.
THAT HAS SUPPORTERS THINKING THERE COULD BE A CHANCE FOR THEIR OWN WIN IF THEY TWEAK THE BILL BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION. THE ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE PROVIDED AN HOUR OF SICK LEAVE FOR EVERY 30 HOURS WORKED. THOSE WHO WORK AT BUSINESSES WITH 40 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE GOTTEN UP TO FIVE DAYS LEAVE AND WORKERS AT LARGE COMPANIES WOULD HAVE GOTTEN UP TO SEVEN DAY SICK LEAVE.
