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Just when you thought South Carolina couldnt be more business friendly, the House has unanimously passed a bill, with no public debate, to ensure that we not only work cheap but work sick.
The bill, introduced by House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee Chairman Bill Sandifer, prohibits local governments from requiring businesses to provide any employee benefits, such as sick leave. If it becomes law, the work-sick requirement will be tacked onto a work-cheap law Sandifer sponsored in 2002 that prohibits local governments from setting a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum. (South Carolina is one of five states with no minimum wage.)
Both laws have ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, the corporate-funded bill mill where conservative legislators and corporate members collaborate on model state legislation that benefits the corporate bottom line.
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ALEC members have sponsored similar anti-benefit bills that have become law in six states. They target cities in Republican-controlled states that might consider sick-leave ordinances. Ironically, this bill is an example of the very big government that these same Republicans rail against.
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/06/05/2801709/bursey-can-being-too-business.html#storylink=cpy
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