In September, President Obama issued an executive order titled "Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors" that requires companies that do business with the Federal government to provide their employees with at least seven days of paid sick leave each year, including paid leave to allow for family care.
The executive order is estimated to provide paid sick leave to approximately 300,000 employees of federal contractors and is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017.
According to a press release from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), it is "a move widely seen as a nod to anti-business, pro-labor groups ahead of the 2016 elections," and it "comes as Congress resists legislation to change labor conditions and pay to cover all private-sector workers."
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