Michigan Earned Sick Time Initiative (2016)
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Labor and unions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
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The Michigan Earned Sick Time Initiative was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Michigan as an indirect initiated state statute. The measure would have guaranteed workers the right to earn paid sick days for personal or family health needs. Workers would have also been allowed to use earned sick days to attend school meetings resulting from a child's disability, health or issues related to sexual assault or domestic violence.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | An initiation of legislation to provide workers with the right to earn sick time for personal or family health needs, as well as purposes related to domestic violence and sexual assault and school meetings needed as the result of a child’s disability, health, or issues due to domestic violence and sexual assault; to specify the conditions for accruing and using earned sick time; to prohibit retaliation against an employee for requesting, exercising, or enforcing rights granted in this act; to prescribe powers and duties of certain state departments, agencies, and officers; to provide for promulgation of rules; and to provide remedies and sanctions.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure can be read here.
Support
The Michigan Time to Care Coalition led the campaign in support of this measure.[3]
Supporters
- Mothering Justice[4]
- Michigan Nurses Association
- American Federation of Teachers
- National Association of Social Workers
- Michigan Education Association
Opposition
While no formal committee was been formed, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce opposed this initiative.[4]
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect 252,523 valid signatures within 180 days of receiving approval to circulate from the Michigan Secretary of State. The Time to Care coalition suspended their efforts to get this initiative on the ballot in 2016, citing difficulties in gathering enough signatures in the 180 day time frame.[5]
See also
- Michigan 2016 ballot measures
- 2016 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Michigan
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "Earned Sick Time Act Initiative," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Labor Voices: No one wants to work sick," April 19, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 M Live, "Sick day petition on track to get required signatures, organizers say," April 27, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Radio, "Paid sick leave campaign closes before it reaches the ballot," May 24, 2016
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