New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has finally agreed to require businesses to provide paid sick leave for as many as one million workers. This is good news, although it will take at least a year for most employees to enjoy a basic benefit widely available elsewhere.
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The bill that Ms. Quinn has endorsed, and that is now moving to the City Council for approval, contains a trigger inserted at her insistence that can delay the sick leave requirement if the city's economy erodes. The bill uses a financial index from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to determine if the economy is strong enough for covered businesses to give employees paid sick leave. Proponents of her compromise suggest that only a deep recession would actually spark a delay in implementing the new law.
If the New York economy continues at its present level, companies with 20 or more workers will be required as of April 1, 2014, to provide at least five paid sick leave days a year. Eventually, the law would cover all companies with at least 15 employees and make it illegal to fire any worker who takes up to five sick days, paid or unpaid.
Ms. Quinn, a candidate for mayor, had blocked serious discussion on this issue for too long. She says she had simply been trying to balance the needs of employees with protections for small businesses. Now she promises to fight to make this benefit work. One key change for the better is that the new bill drops extra paperwork, inspections and steep fines that troubled many business owners.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already sent word that he will veto the compromise as a "shortsighted" measure that will make the city less competitive for businesses. It is his view that is now shortsighted; even city business interests have agreed that they can live with this measure. Fortunately, there are enough supporters in the City Council to override the mayor's veto.
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