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Studies Show Paid Leave Mandates Hurt The Economy
“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” – Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman
Sick Leave mandates look good on the surface but studies show that they come at the expense of lost hours and lower wages.
Every business person knows the consequence of increasing the costs of doing business. Either they must get more money in the door to pay the increase or something else must give. Any business person can tell you that increased government regulation and unfunded mandates puts a strain on the ability to employ more people.
Every new mandate comes at a cost. If businesses have to provide paid sick leave, their employees will face cuts in wages or other benefits, like health insurance, retirement, or vacation.
Here are three studies that show how sick leave mandates have negatively affected different cities:
The Effect of Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Policies – Reviewing the Evidence
Paid Sick Leave Full Text On Ballot In Albuquerque
A.C.H.E. Gets a Win!
Albuquerque taxpayers, employers and employees should all be relieved that the District Court, the New Mexico Supreme Court and now the New Mexico Court of Appeals have all rejected the Plaintiffs’ latest effort to hide and obscure the onerous and extreme details of their sick leave ordinance.
The Plaintiffs’ latest efforts to hide the details of their proposed sick leave ordinance by letting voters see ONLY a misleading summary (instead of the text and details of the seven pages) has now been rejected by the District Court (twice), the New Mexico Supreme Court and the New Mexico Court Appeals.
Ole´, formerly known as ACORN, and the other plaintiffs will now have to explain how their 7 page sick leave proposal in small print, does not constitute “voter fraud” by the inclusion of so many separate , expensive and extreme mandates that will drive employers and employees out of Albuquerque and New Mexico.
A.C.H.E., the Albuquerque Coalition for a Healthy Economy, filed a brief in opposition to the interlocutory appeal and the NM Court of Appeals agreed with our position and denied the plaintiffs’ filing.