International Business News - Sick http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Local business owners howling over a ballot measure forcing them to provide paid sick leave might take comfort from San Francisco's example. An official there said his city hasn't suffered since a similar law passed there two years ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/san-francisco-to-milwaukee-sick-leave-law-not-bad.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:34:05 EST It seemed nothing would stop a proposal mandating seven paid sick days a year for most Ohio workers from getting on the November ballot. Not Gov. Ted Strickland. Not the strong rhetoric of the state's business establishment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/pulling-sick-day-proposal-in-ohio-helps-dems.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:10:02 EDT Labor leaders dropped their campaign Thursday for a November ballot issue in Ohio that would give most full-time workers seven paid sick days a year, conceding they shared the governor's concern over a negative and divisive fight. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/labor-group-drops-fight-over-ohio-sick-day-mandate.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:42:17 EDT For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112589-paid-sick-days.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/states-push-laws-to-require-paid-sick-days.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/states-push-laws-to-require-paid-sick-days.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:46 EDT A new study commissioned by a small business group says Ohio would lose 75,000 jobs in the next five years if voters approve a ballot issue that would give most full-time workers seven paid sick days a year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/study-ohio-sick-day-mandate-will-cost-75-000-jobs.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:47:09 EDT Gov. Ted Strickland says he has the framework for a compromise on a proposal to give most full-time workers in Ohio seven paid sick days a year. Many of the details Strickland released Friday still need to be worked out. Strickland says he wants a compromise on the Healthy Families Act that would help businesses prevent employees from abusing the sick day policy and would push back the date it would take effect. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/ohio-governor-presses-compromise-on-sick-days.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:24:45 EDT Food prices could rise even more unless the mysterious decline in honey bees is solved, farmers and businessmen told lawmakers Thursday. "No bees, no crops," North Carolina grower Robert D. Edwards told a House Agriculture subcommittee. Edwards said he had to cut his cucumber acreage in half because of the lack of bees available to rent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/honey-bee-crisis-could-lead-to-higher-food-prices.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:42:06 EDT Gov. Ted Strickland likes unions, and unions like a budding fall ballot issue that would give most full-time workers in Ohio seven paid sick days a year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/paid-sick-leave-act-gives-ohio-governor-a-headache.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:57:56 EDT