To cheers of workers, aldermen approve sick day mandate
Posted June 15, 2016 11:00 pm
The days of dragging your flu-ridden body to work or forfeiting a day's pay to stay home with a sick child or elderly parent are about to end for an estimated 460,000 of Chicago's private-sector employees.
The Committee on Workforce Development made certain of that Thursday to the cheers of restaurant workers who filled the City Council chambers to witness the culmination of a dream.
Aldermen approved an ordinance embraced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that would require Chicago employers large and small - except those in the construction industry - to provide their employees with at least five paid sick days a year.
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