California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom
California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to increase the amount of minimum sick days for workers from three days to five.
Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday.
The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick leave workers can carry over into the following year. Newsom said it demonstrates that prioritizing the health and well-being of workers “is of the utmost importance for California’s future.”
“Too many folks are still having to choose between skipping a day’s pay and taking care of themselves or their family members when they get sick,” Newsom said in a statement announcing his action.
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It's beyond fucked up that you losers are complaining about this. Only 5 days....wa wa wa.
This is an improvement. It's better than it was previously. We're making progress. You morons act like everything needs to be perfect the first time or it's pointless, y'all sound like Republicans trying to stop a bill FFS. This shifts things more in favor of the worker....for now, we can push for more once this becomes baked into our society. Like what's happened with workers rights for a hundred years.
workers rights improved when workers stopped doing their job and started wrecking shit, not by accepting garbage like this because its 'not as bad as the other guy'
Sure it's less bad, but it's still pretty dismal.
Then again it's also mind boggling that you guys can't get medical care for serious issues without the risk of bankruptcy, or that your employers hold the keys to whether or not you can afford to get medical care.
I left reddit partly cuz of this tone, and im feeling that lemmy will be better if i cannot hear folks like you. Consider working on a less adversarial tone in future comments unless you're an argument junkie
You're welcome to leave if you want to be the mother fucking tone police.
I'm not the one looking for an argument with asshole comments like yours.
This isn't your safe space.