Chicago Lawmakers Unanimously Vote To Guarantee Workers A Paid Day Off If They Get Sick

On Wednesday [June 22, 2016], the Chicago city council unanimously passed a paid sick leave bill that will mandate that most employers offer five paid days off a year for illness.

The new law will mean more than 460,000 city residents who previously lacked a paid day off if they or their family members fell sick will get paid leave, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families, although construction workers were exempted from it because they often work for multiple employers throughout the year. The definition of family member is also somewhat expansive, including anyone with “close association” with the employee who is taking time off. It will take effect in July 2017.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/06/23/3791660/chicago-paid-sick-leave-2/