AARP, AFL-CIO Support Paid Family Leave

if you think it's a good idea, you need to call your legislators! n/t (0.00 / 0)

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by: Creed Pogue @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 04:40:42 AM UTC

Business Propaganda (0.00 / 0)

This will not cost business owners one dime.

This is an issue that should be universally accepted .

The problem right now is in the Assembly. Joe Roberts is not helping to move this bill and the clock is ticking.

If Roberts allows this to go to the floor for a vote it will pass. Sweeney already has the votes in the Senate. Corzine will sign it.

If you want this bill passed call Speaker Roberts.

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by: firstamend07 @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:34:17 AM UTC

There's a cost... (0.00 / 0)

It just not that much. I think this is workable with threshold intact.
But to give you an example, I manage people (mostly new immigrants), who are in the $8 to 9$ per hour ranges doing manual labor. Their benefits probably amount to another $5 or $6 per hour. If they need to leave, it's not a big deal, we can call a temp agency. That agency will supply labor for like $12-$14 hour. The rub is we only save the hourly rate on the lost worker, we still pay $5-$6 in benefits. So basically, the cost is the premium for the temp worker ($4-$5) plus the benefits of the missing employee ($5-$6). The business loses $9-$11 per hour. Not a big deal, and varies by benefits (we have pretty descent benefits for our hourly people). The real need for the threshold I feel is the fact that in companies with 50 or less people, there's not a whole lot of redundancy, if key, skilled people leave, that temporary hourly cost really skyrockets. Also, for some specialized jobs, there will be no temporary replacement. Anyway, my two cents, it will cost business some, but not much. But I think it's doable with a threshold.

"Where ever you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Bonzai

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by: William Weber (WjcW) @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 13:43:04 PM UTC

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Speaker Roberts (0.00 / 0)

Assemblyman
Joseph J. Roberts Jr. (D)

(General Assembly Speaker)

  DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: Brooklawn Shopping Plaza
Route 130 & Browning Rd.
Brooklawn, NJ 08030

  PHONE NUMBER: (856) 742-7600
  ELECTRONIC MAIL: Contact Your Legislator(s)

Call today if this is important to you.

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by: firstamend07 @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:36:24 AM UTC

Web Address (0.00 / 0)

The web Address for Speaker Roberts is:

AsmRoberts@njleg.org

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by: firstamend07 @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:01:05 PM UTC

disappointing (0.00 / 0)

I can't believe that there aren't enough Democratic votes to pass this legislation without Sweeney's compromise.  If there has to be a threshhold, it should be much lower than 50 workers.

Who's in the back pocket of the NJBIA?

I was only able to take advantage of FMLA, because my company's NY office was close enough to the NJ where I work for me to qualify.  Many people are not that lucky.

What does the NJPP think of this compromise?

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by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 13:13:11 PM UTC

CWA Quiet and Not Helping (0.00 / 0)

The CWA state organization has over 90,000 members but the only CWA union leader that is fighting for Paid Family Leave is Katz.

Why?

Is the CWA leadership holding their support of this bill, that would be of great benefit to their membership, because of who the sponser happens to be? All they need to do is send out one " mailer" and thousands of phone calls can be made.

If they can generate 5, 000 calls to the Governor over their Black Friday screwup then you would think they could get 50, 000 calls for something that is worthwhile.

Maybe CWA Presidents  Wade, Rosenstein, Rose, Palermo, Raedor are too busy worrying about e-mails and their failure to negotiate off Black Friday that they forgot to Lobby for something that can really help their membership. 

Their silence says a lot about their priorities.

They need to put petty grievances aside and back this bill.

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by: firstamend07 @ Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 18:23:12 PM UTC