THERE HAVE BEEN THREE PAID SICK LEAVE BILLS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL … AND NOW, COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS IS INTRODUCING THE THIRD MEASURE. AND THE FIGHT IS BACK ON FOR THIS ISSUE.
DAVIS’ BILL MANDATES THAT ALBUQUERQUE EMPLOYERS OFFER SEVEN DAYS … BASICALLY 56 HOURS … OF PAID SICK LEAVE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. HE SAYS HIS MEASURE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST TWO BILLS, ONE OF WHICH WAS PROPOSED BY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ, WHO INTRODUCED IT AFTER VOTERS REJECTED THE FIRST BILL.
SANCHEZ’S PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE EXEMPTED THOSE BUSINESSES WITH FEWER THAN 50 EMPLOYEES … BUT DAVIS SAYS 98 PERCENT OF ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES HAVE FEWER THAN 50 WORKERS. BUSINESSES THAT OFFER PAID TIME OFF WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY DAVIS’ PROPOSAL.
