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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. Here is the very long document that explains the bill:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/cm/2015/150611/20150611_HHS2.pdf

Here is an article about it: http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/Montgomery-County-Paid-Sick-Leave-Bill-Clears-Important-Hurdle/

Here is what it says about accrual:
Rate gf Accrual. The earned sick and safe leave provided under
subsection .ill) must accrue at !! rate of at least 1 hour for every 30 hours
an employee works in the County, except an employer must not be
required to allow an employee to:
ill earn more than 56 hours of earned sick and safe leave in !!
calendar year; or
ill use more than 80 hours of earned sick and safe leave in !!
calendar year. [/quote]

Ok, so an employee accrues 1 hour per 30 worked hours, that doesn't say that the nanny can take an hour here or there.  No more than 56 hours is no more than 7 days at 8 hours each, so 1 week and 2 days for a nanny who works 5 8 hour days each week.  Finally, even if the nanny can rollover days, she can't use more than 80 hours is a year, which is 2 weeks of 8 hour days.  I don't see what the big deal is.

My grandmother started working at a school in the 60s with 3 sick days per year, then they raised it to 5, then 10.  When she retired 10+ years ago, they could rollover and accrue up to 100 days per year, and now the teachers can collect up to 120.  Only one teacher that I know of has taken more than 1 week, and the teacher in question took about a month due to a kidney transplant.  Heck, many nannies get 5-10 days per year and never use more than 1.  What is the big deal?

Frankly, I don't understand using half days, let alone an hour or two.  Either you are sick and staying home or you are working.  This isn't PTO to be used for a doctor's appointment, it's sick days.[/quote]

Oh, my grandmother just reminded me that if someone didn't use any sick days, they got a bonus.[/quote]

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