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New York’s new paid sick
leave law quietly took effect on April 1st. Now businesses with five or more employees have
to provide up to five sick paid days off to workers if they, or a relative,
fall ill. As a result, about 1.2 million
workers now have paid sick leave for the first time.
Many employees and
employers have found the new law to be a reasonable adjustment. Shiv Puri of Bombay Sandwich Company thought
that providing time off was “the right thing to do.” Although initially concerned about the cost
this would have on his business, he realized that he could absorb the
cost. Mr. Puri is still concerned that
some employees might take advantage of the new law, but is happy to provide his
employees with sick leave after they have been on the job for three months.
Mayor Bill de Blasio
considers this new law to be a victory.
With the paid sick leave law, he has succeeded in his promise to “lift
up working families.” Read more about
this new law in the New
York Times.
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comprehensive legal cases, including employment law. Our experience,
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