An image from the announcement on Thursday (credit: CBS)
DENVER (CBS4) – More high profile groups are speaking out against Initiative 300. That’s the Denver proposal to force employers to pay for sick time.
On Thursday the Hispanic, black and women’s chambers of commerce came together to oppose the measure. They all say it would hurt small businesses.
“We think there is an undue burden put on our small firms due to this initiative. We think it makes it harder for our small firms to hire new employees,” James Mejia with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce said.
Proponents of the sick time initiative say employees are forced to make a bad decision between working sick or going a day without pay.
