Non-corporate edition: Generalissimo Bloomberg.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he’ll veto a plan to require all New York City employers with 20 or more workers to give employees paid time off when they get sick.“While this compromise version of the bill is better than previous iterations, it will still hurt small businesses and stifle job creation,” Bloomberg said in a statement released by his office.
Corporate edition, runner-up: These people.
The National Restaurant Association, the biggest industry trade association, is part of a coalition of business groups opposed to mandatory sick-leave policies.
Because it's so much smarter to force your waiters to serve the public when they're sick with the flu than to pay them $2.50 an hour to stay home for a couple of days. You really can't teach genius like this, can you.
---Baron V
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