As a local small business owner who supports a Portland sick leave ordinance, I was disturbed by Dan Yates' recent opinion piece I have known about and have been involved in helping to craft the ...

“I have been sick for two days, and I have to perpetually skip the third day so I would be able to be excused for the first two days.” The reason that three days has been set as the requirement for ...

They like the autonomy. Proposition A, passed by Missouri's voters last November, requires businesses to provide paid sick leave to employees. As a business, I cannot afford sick leave.

Then I read through it and found 29 paragraphs of sick leave regulations for employers. As a small business owner, I have experience with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours of work.

We have been making a reasonable request for Norfolk Southern to recognize our essential work and provide a small amount of paid sick leave for us to take care of ourselves or our families during ...