Should Every Worker Have Paid Sick Leave? The Ethics of Employee Benefits and Rights
Ethical Inquiry is a monthly series that examines ethical questions, highlighting a broad array of opinion from journalism, academia and advocacy organizations. Our intent is to illuminate and explore the complexity of some of the most vexing ethical questions of our time.
November 2011
“The more restrictive the government is in how businesses can develop their benefits programs, the less flexible business owners can be. If it s paid sick leave, you re paying somebody who s not going to be there and you have to pay somebody to replace them. That has the potential to affect the bottom line for a lot of small businesses.” Molly Brogan, spokeswoman for the National Small Business Association