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Stronger Tennessee families make good business sense
Posted By katie allison granju
Randy Neal points to an important debate taking place today:
SB3773 requires that companies with 25 or more employees provide annual paid sick leave for their employees. Such leave may be used to address the employee’s medical needs or the medical needs of the employee’s immediate family.
Commenting on the bill, Sen. Haynes said “Parents of sick children and the children of sick and elderly parents should know that they can take time off work to care for their loved ones. And they should be able to do this without fear of losing their jobs.”
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This is a good bill, considering that so many families have two working parents these days, not to mention the growing number of single-parent families.
Expect opposition from Republicans, who talk the talk about family values but don’t walk the walk when corporate special interests override family values.
Which doesn’t make much sense if you think about it. Healthy employees with healthy, happy families are good for business. What’s the point of forcing employees to come to work and go through the motions when they are sick or worried about their loved ones just so they can pay their bills?
Better to give employees the time off they need, so they can return healthy and focused and ready to work. Retaining good employees is always more cost-effective than turnover. Republicans who argue otherwise aren’t very good business people, and aren’t as “business friendly” as they claim to be.
Apr 15th, 2008
I agree that it makes good business sense. However, does it make sense that we have to MAKE businesses do this? I just have a problem with government telling businesses what they have to do. If it makes sense for the business, they will do it. However, they may offer other benefits instead that will now be cut. Just a thought when you start forcing people to do things.
Well, Craig, you know that it is just silly to ask a liberal to think about things from a practical and realistic standpoint. They simply are not capable of it.
Hmmm. I’m a conservative leaning libertarian and a single father of six, and I’m not asking to be paid when I don’t work.
I was raised better than that.