Stillman, Senate Approves Paid Sick Day Mandate

The state senate today approved a bill by an 18 to 17 vote that mandates paid sick days for companies with more than 50 people, according to a release from Gov. Dannel Malloy.

Waterford’s State Senator Andrea Stillman supported the bill. Malloy said he will sign it if it passes through the house of representatives.

“I applaud the 18 senators who voted for this bill.,” Malloy said in a release. “This piece of legislation is a reasonable compromise that represents good public policy.  It exempts industries where appropriate, it ensures that the benefit won’t be abused, and most importantly, it protects public health.  It shouldn’t be the case that people who are frontline service workers – people who serve us food, who care for our children, and who work in hospitals, for example – are forced to go to work sick to keep their jobs.  It’s my hope that the House of Representatives will take up this piece of legislation, pass it, and I can sign it into law.”

Connecticut would be the first state to pass a law mandating paid sick days.