NEW YORK (AP) — A national push for paid sick days is poised to score a significant victory, with lawmakers in the nation's largest city set to vote on requiring businesses to provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now.
The City Council was expected to OK that Wednesday, while also approving unpaid sick time for another roughly 300,000 workers. A mayoral veto is expected, but so is an override.
Advocates see the measure as a watershed, although it has some significant limits and conditions. The city would be the most populous place to approve such a law during a campaign that has scored several victories but also a number of defeats.
"It's very important that it's happening in the biggest city," said Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values at Work, which promotes paid sick time initiatives around the country.
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