Will Limkemann
Business Advisor
The Constant Entrepreneur:
Advice for Running a Productive Business
Ohio businesses miss a bullet
Yesterday the Service Employees International Union said that a coallition pressing for an initiative that would require Ohio businesses to provide paid sick leave has withdrawn the issue from the November 4 ballot. This controversial issues had been opposed by small businesses across the state and by business advocacy groups such as the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE). The governor had gone on record as opposing the issues. However there was sufficient labor support that the issue most likely would have passed had it been placed on the ballot.
The issue would have put yet another government restriction on Ohio businesses which would have made Ohio an even less competitive state in which to do business.
The governor is to be commended for his stand on the issue. The labor coallition is to be gratefully thanked for withdrawing the issue.
Will Limkemann
Limkemann Business Advisors
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September 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Will- Great comments on the union sponsored 7 day sick leave bill. However as much as we are all delighted that this misguided intrusion into a business owner’s operations is gone for now, there is more to the story. The unions could still get their payback because, as President, Mr Obama will try to make it a national law. Hopefully, this won’t happen, but that’s the plan.