AGC to Sign Coalition Letter Opposing Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Legislation

As a member of the National Coalition to Protect Family Leave, AGC and other member organizations will send a joint letter to Congress next week to make Congress aware of concerns with the Healthy Families Act.  The legislation, which was recently introduced, would require employers with 15 or more employees to allow all employees to earn 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.  The bill would allow workers to begin accruing leave time on their first day of employment and become eligible to use the time after 60 days. This approach would require a one-size-fits-all paid sick leave package of 56 hours and limit an employer's flexibility in creating a benefits package that would meet the needs of the construction industry's unique workforce. In addition, this would have a significant bureaucratic impact on employers by requiring them to create a new system to track accruals of paid sick leave time. The House Education and Labor Committee is expected to pass this bill sometime this summer. Senate action is unclear at this point.