A sick leave ordinance is coming to Austin, but details are unclear
A coalition of city leaders and advocacy groups is pushing for Austin to join many of the nation’s largest cities in requiring employers to provide employees with a certain number of paid sick days.
On Nov. 15 at the People’s Community Clinic in Northeast Austin, a group of small business owners assembled to lend their support for the effort, which is being led in City Council by Council Member Greg Casar.
Amanda May, the owner of the Purple Fig Eco Cleaning Company, said paid sick leave is one of the many benefits she provides her staff of 15 home cleaners, along with a low-deductible health plan, paid vacation and a 3 percent 401(k) match.
“Before employees are employees, they are people,” she said. “And people get sick. To be sick without worrying about bills can allow people to heal.”
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