Workers, business owners urge swift passage of sick time ordinance

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Surrounded by other supporters, Ron Harris of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change urged City Council passage of an earned sick and safe time ordinance. Photo courtesy of NOC

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/workers-business-owners-urge-swift-passage-sick-time-ordinance?link_id=1&can_id=a9cf23302332fb8fa0573509116ae7fe&source=email-labor-update-59&email_referrer=labor-update-59&email_subject=labor-update

By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota
May 6, 2016

MINNEAPOLIS
After more than a year of workers organizing for stronger protections in Minneapolis, the City Council Thursday introduced a paid sick time ordinance that largely follows the recommendations developed by a task force of business owners, labor representatives, business associations and workers.

The council slated a public hearing on the ordinance for May 18 at 3 p.m., with a council vote on May 27.

If passed, the ordinance would apply to Minneapolis employers with six or more employees. Workers would earn an hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked. View text of the ordinance here (link is external).

Workers, advocates and business owners spoke in support of the compromise ordinance language in a press conference before the City Council meeting.

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