Bill filed Monday would scrap Austin's paid sick leave ordinance
A bill filed Monday at the Capitol would undo Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance, which mandates that private employers in Austin give paid sick days to employees.
Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, filed HB 222 on Monday. The bill would prohibit cities from passing ordinances like the one the Austin City Council approved in February, stating that any adopted paid sick leave mandate would be “void and unenforceable.”
Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance made the capital city the first in Texas to require all employers to provide paid time for sick days. It requires employers with more than 15 workers to provide at most eight days of paid sick leave a year for full-time employees. Small businesses with 15 or fewer employees are required to offer six paid sick days.
The ordinance was hailed by progressives as a groundbreaking change for labor rights in a deep red state, but it also became a target for Republican state lawmakers and the subject of litigation against the city. The paid sick leave ordinance was placed on hold after a state appeals court granted an injunction regarding its implementation on Aug. 20.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20181112/bill-filed-monday-would-scrap-austins-paid-sick-leave-ordinance
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