San Francisco to ensure domestic workers get paid sick time
CBSN
San Francisco has guaranteed paid sick leave to all workers in the city for nearly 15 years. Now it wants to make sure the city's roughly 10,000 domestic workers have an actual shot at getting the benefit.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed an ordinance to create a portable benefits system that would let workers aggregate hours from multiple employers to count toward their sick pay.
What will likely be a cellphone app will be devised to keep a tally of hours and what's due, helping workers and those that hire them manage their arrangements, according to Hillary Ronen, the supervisor who co-wrote the new rule with the California Domestic Workers Coalition.
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