The city of San Francisco has enacted a new, ultra-generous
family-leave policy that goes far beyond existing California law. Workers with
a newborn- or an ailing family member- will now be entitled to 100 percent of
their salaries for up to six weeks, with 45% being paid directly by employers.
The
rule, like the state policy and the “Affordable Care Act,” or Obama-care, applies
to firms with 50 or more employees, and is yet one more reason for smaller
companies to avoid hiring and to keep part-time workers part-time workers… or
move out of the city entirely.
Ironically,
San Francisco is one of the least family friendly cities in the nation, due in
part to zoning laws that make housing exorbitantly expensive. The new law
appears to be family friendly on its surface, but is rendered largely moot due
to the fact that the city has the fewest children per capita of any major
American city, a by-product of the fact that it also harbors the most gays and
lesbians, the only people who can afford the outrageous housing prices. This is
not a pro-family policy, it is an anti-business, pro progressive policy.
Yet,
isn’t offering extra benefits only for fathers and mothers discriminatory and
exclusionary? How many weeks off with full pay do the spouses of those changing
gender-or species- get? How about those caring for an ailing pet?
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