Employer Groups Criticize Sick-Leave Mandate in Virus Bill (2)

Business groups are criticizing provisions in House Democrats’ package of measures to respond to the new coronavirus that would mandate that public- and private-sector employers allow workers to accrue paid sick-leave—moves they say would impose severe financial costs.

The relief package, (H.R. 6201), which is set for a floor vote Thursday, would establish a broad national paid sick-leave program requiring that employers allow workers to accrue as much as 56 hours, or seven days, of paid sick leave annually for any illness. It also would apply in cases of domestic violence or sexual assault, or when a worker ...