PASSED
in the State House of Representatives
on April 22, 2015, by a vote of 76-66
. Purpose:H. 187 creates a new mandate on Vermont businesses to offer “earned time off”, or paid sick leave, to all employees. .
Analysis: Those voting YES approved an unfunded mandate, estimated to be a much as $14 million annually, requiring employers to provide at least three days of paid sick leave to employees. This would expand to five days after two years. .
Those voting NO opposed this mandate, cited the fact that most Vermont businesses already provide such benefits voluntarily, and those that don’t can least afford to do so. This unfunded mandate represents another burden on Vermont employers, making Vermont a less competitive place to run a business.
The Joint Fiscal Office sates: “…total cost to employers of extending sick leave coverage to Vermont workers to be approximately $3.6 to $8.2 million dollars from the effective date until December 31, 2017 and between $6.2 and $14.3 million dollars annually thereafter. The proposed legislation will have a lesser impact in 2016 due to the effective date of January 1, 2016 and the ability for employers to require a waiting period for new hires.” (Fiscal Note)
As Recorded in the House Journal, Wednesday, April 22, 2015:“Shall the report of the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs, as amended, be adopted? was decided in the affirmative. Yeas, 76. Nays, 66.” (Read the Journal, p.1113-1127.) .
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