In last week’s midterm elections, voting in many jurisdictions was about more than picking a candidate. In some cases, it was also about choosing to say yes or no to state or local ballot initiatives, including referenda on offering paid sick leave to workers. In the state of Massachusetts, as well as the cities of Oakland, Calif., and Trenton and Montclair, N.J., voters passed these initiatives.
Massachusetts is the third state, after Connecticut and California, to require employers to offer paid sick leave, and these municipalities join a host of other local jurisdictions that have recently enacted paid sick leave laws. “I don’t pretend to have a crystal ball, but I certainly think it will be a growing trend,” Christopher Kaczmarek, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson, told CorpCounsel.com.
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