Faced with a growing patchwork of locally mandated minimum paid sick day benefits, a group of employers in New Jersey is challenging localities actions as not only inconsistent with New Jersey laws and the states constitution, but the U.S. Constitution as well. The action comes at a time when employers are under pressure from a variety of sources including President Barack Obama to provide paid sick leave.
In a referendum last November, voters in Trenton by a six-to-one margin voted in favor of requiring employers with at least 10 employees based in that city to allow employees to accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The ordinance was scheduled to take effect earlier this month.
