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Trenton voters will decide on mandatory paid sick leave in November ballot question
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on August 26, 2014 at 8:29 PM, updated August 26, 2014 at 8:38 PMTRENTON — It will be up to Trenton voters to decide if they want the city to require private businesses to pay employees for sick days.
At a special council meeting tonight, City Council voted to suspend indefinitely consideration of an ordinance for paid sick days and in favor of instructing the Mercer County Board of Elections to arrange for a referendum on the issue in the scheduled election on Nov. 4.
There is currently no state or federal law mandating that companies give their employees paid sick leave, though many employers do provide it as a benefit. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto has said he will take up the issue of enacting a statewide law mandating sick pay when the Legislature reconvenes in September