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Editorial: Vote ‘AGAINST’ this unhealthy ordinance

By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 at 12:05am If you read just the first two paragraphs of the proposed Healthy Workforce Ordinance – which would “allow employees to accrue and use sick leave,” and claims “49% of private sector workers and 77% of part-time workers lack paid sick time, which compels them […]

What YOU need to know about the proposed Albuquerque Healthy Workforce Ordinance

As soon as this fall, Albuquerque voters may be voting for mandatory paid sick leave for all Albuquerque employees based solely upon a brief, inadequate, 4-sentence petition description of a broad-reaching and harmful Ordinance. The so-called Healthy Workforce Ordinance would require all employers, big and small, to provide all employees within the city with paid […]

Your Current PTO Policy…Gone

Under the dictates of the 7-page ordinance there is a statement that “An employer with a paid leave policy that meets or exceeds the requirements of this Ordinance is not required to provide additional paid sick leave or in any way reduce benefits provided to employees.” However…the devil is in the details… Most employers’ existing […]

2017 Albuquerque Metro Election Ballot

Proposed Ordinance all of page 2/2 (English & Spanish) Share0 Tweet0 Share0

The False Narrative Of The Healthy Workforce Proposal

Guest Op-Eds, Opinion, August 17, 2017, ABQ Free Press There is a false narrative that anyone who owns a business is sitting on massive piles of cash and can easily afford to pay someone who doesn’t show up for work. BY MATTHEW MONTE There are so many problems with the so-called Healthy Workforce Ordinance that voters […]

Vote No! Because Albuquerque Had No Public Input

Share0 Tweet0 Share0 The public has had no say in designing the PROPOSED sick leave ORDINANCE. There have been no public hearings and no opportunity for voters, businesses, or our elected officials to have their say. There was no transparency involved in the writing of this ordinance. This ordinance was developed behind closed doors by […]

Vote No! Denver Rejected and So Should Albuquerque

Share0 Tweet0 Share0 No other city in the entire country has a sick leave policy as expensive and expansive as this ordinance. Other cities, like Denver, rejected similar proposals because they hurt small business and result in fewer jobs. Denver voters reject Initiative 300 mandatory sick leave measure By ANN SCHRADER | The Denver Post […]

Vote No! Because It Hurts Small Businesses in Albuquerque

Share0 Tweet0 Share0 This ordinance will be especially hard on small businesses that are already struggling to make ends meet. The last thing small businesses need is another local mandate that will make it harder to keep good workers employed. This ordinance is long, complicated and expensive especially for small businesses without HR departments. If this […]

Vote No! Because Albuquerque Ordinance was Written by East Coast Lawyers

Share0 Tweet0 Share0 The PROPOSED sick leave ORDINANCE was written by New York City lawyers and union bosses behind closed doors and without any public input or review. Then they recruited local Albuquerque organizing groups to present their ordinance to the public as a petition for “sick leave”. This 7 page ordinance is more than […]

Judge Throws Out Council’s Sick Leave Advisory Question

Albuquerque Journal By Martin Salazar / Journal Staff Writer Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 at 2:27pm Updated: Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 at 10:31pm State District Judge Alan Malott has ordered Albuquerque to remove its proposed sick leave advisory question from the Oct. 3 ballot, saying that it would likely confuse voters who will be considering […]