By Becky Pallack | Arizona Daily Star
The City Council is studying a proposal to require all Tucson employers to give earned sick days to employees, but the issue got off to a shaky start.
Councilwoman Regina Romero proposed a city ordinance Tuesday making sick time mandatory as part of a “working family agenda,” but the discussion got heated and turned to whether the city can spend time on social justice issues while it’s trying to get its own fiscal house in order.
Romero said the proposed ordinance would help the working poor, especially working mothers. About half of the Tucson workforce doesn’t have access to earned sick leave, she said.
