Paid sick leave: Another front in labor's battlePaid sick leave: Another front in labor's battle

In addition to funding minimum wage campaigns all across the country, labor unions have begun sharpening their focus on another antibusiness decree: mandated paid sick leave. While not as headline grabbing as the minimum wage, restaurants would do well to take notice of this recent activity.

Examples at both the state and local levels illustrate this point. In January 2012, Connecticut became the first in the country to implement a mandated paid leave law statewide. The Employment Policies Institute — a nonprofit research organization I helped establish over 20 years ago — conducted a survey of more than 150 businesses to gauge how employers were preparing for the mandate’s implementation. The results were telling.

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