cawacko
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We have a number of anti chain store laws here in San Francisco. Fine. But then there is legislation like this which hurts the local small business/mom and pops that we purport to love. And people get upset when these small businesses close their doors.
Small businesses push back against S.F. parental leave proposal
San Francisco business owners have come out against a new city proposal that would make it the first in the nation to require businesses to offer six weeks of paid parental leave, saying the measure ignores the cost burden it will place on small businesses.
The Board of Supervisors is slated to vote on the measure, dubbed Paid Parental Leave for Bonding with New Child, next week.
Under the proposed law, sponsored by Supervisor Scott Wiener, employees within the City of San Francisco would now receive 45 percent of their current salary when a baby arrives in a family. That, coupled with the 55 percent of their salary funded by the state's parental leave act, would mean they'd have a full salary for at least six weeks of their parental leave.
But those cost requirements are high and could be enough to force some firms to close, business leaders told the San Francisco Examiner this week.
“Can we make the Board of Supervisors run a business, meet payroll, so they understand how these things work?” Small Business Commissioner Stephen Adams told the paper. “Enough is enough is enough. This is bad for small business.”
The Small Business Commission voted 6-1 earlier this week to reject the measure, saying it could cause some businesses to either leave the city of never set up shop here in the first place.
“If we want all those small businesses to move out of our city, then we are doing the right thing,” Small Business Commission Chair Mark Dwight told the paper.
“I am a small business owner and they are not,” Dwight said. “They know not of what they speak. And they make us look bad in the process because we look like we are somehow pitted against the very people we day in and day out support with a paycheck.”
Wiener said in a statement that he had spoken with business groups while crafting the proposal, but still believes paid parental leave is a crucial quality of life issue.
“The U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to allowing parents to bond with their newborns,” Wiener told the San Francisco Examiner. “This is a basic issue of family health. We need to stop forcing parents to choose between bonding with a child and putting food on the table. This legislation will move us in that direction.”
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...sses-push-back-sf-parental-leave.html?ana=twt
Small businesses push back against S.F. parental leave proposal
San Francisco business owners have come out against a new city proposal that would make it the first in the nation to require businesses to offer six weeks of paid parental leave, saying the measure ignores the cost burden it will place on small businesses.
The Board of Supervisors is slated to vote on the measure, dubbed Paid Parental Leave for Bonding with New Child, next week.
Under the proposed law, sponsored by Supervisor Scott Wiener, employees within the City of San Francisco would now receive 45 percent of their current salary when a baby arrives in a family. That, coupled with the 55 percent of their salary funded by the state's parental leave act, would mean they'd have a full salary for at least six weeks of their parental leave.
But those cost requirements are high and could be enough to force some firms to close, business leaders told the San Francisco Examiner this week.
“Can we make the Board of Supervisors run a business, meet payroll, so they understand how these things work?” Small Business Commissioner Stephen Adams told the paper. “Enough is enough is enough. This is bad for small business.”
The Small Business Commission voted 6-1 earlier this week to reject the measure, saying it could cause some businesses to either leave the city of never set up shop here in the first place.
“If we want all those small businesses to move out of our city, then we are doing the right thing,” Small Business Commission Chair Mark Dwight told the paper.
“I am a small business owner and they are not,” Dwight said. “They know not of what they speak. And they make us look bad in the process because we look like we are somehow pitted against the very people we day in and day out support with a paycheck.”
Wiener said in a statement that he had spoken with business groups while crafting the proposal, but still believes paid parental leave is a crucial quality of life issue.
“The U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to allowing parents to bond with their newborns,” Wiener told the San Francisco Examiner. “This is a basic issue of family health. We need to stop forcing parents to choose between bonding with a child and putting food on the table. This legislation will move us in that direction.”
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...sses-push-back-sf-parental-leave.html?ana=twt
