San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance
The paid sick leave law applies to all full-time, part-time, and temporary employees working in San Francisco County. Workers get one hour of paid sick leave per 30 hours worked, beginning after the first 90 days on the job. Employers with ten or more employees are allowed to offer nine or more earned sick days a year, while smaller businesses must offer five or more.
Cry Wolf Quotes
The majority of San Francisco's Supervisors have no management experience or experience running large or small businesses. They have no concept of what it takes to manage and finance a business. They obviously think that money grows on trees and profit is sinful.
The simple fact is that if business owners cannot make a reasonable return on their investments, they will either relocate to another county or close their doors, resulting in fewer jobs and less revenue for the City coffers from business, payroll, and sales taxes to fund the social programs the Supervisors so greatly value.
I’m going to have to raise prices for all my drinks and appetizers a dollar and entrees two dollars. I don’t know how else to do it. We are known as the best restaurant city in the world, but we are going to start lagging because there will be a lack of service, a lack of staff in the dining hall. Something has to give.
San Francisco Supervisors never tire of over-regulating small businesses, and then cry over the intrusion of national chains that can financially absorb their absurd labor regulations. The Supervisors are not helping workers, they are writing a recipe for empty storefronts.
Evidence
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San Francisco’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: Outcomes for Employers and Employees
San Francisco’s paid sick leave ordinance is an overwhelming success.
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Paid Sick Leave Does Not Harm Business Growth or Job Growth
The Drum Major Institute shows that the San Francisco paid sick leave law isn't a job killer.
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Employers’ Perspectives on San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Policy
Most employers have installed San Francisco paid sick leave law with few problems.
