good idea! how likely to be implemented? On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Sandwichman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dean Baker has made this old Sandwichman very, very happy. Point seven > of Dean's "Yes, We Can Make the Stimulus more Stimulating</a>": > > http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-eds-&-columns/op-eds-&-columns/yes,-we-can-make-the-stimulus-more-stimulating/ > > 7) Pay for shorter workweeks and more vacations > > The United States lags the rest of world in that its workers are not > guaranteed any vacation time, sick leave, or family and parental > leave. In Europe, five or six weeks a year of paid vacation is > standard. Also, all Western European countries guarantee their workers > some amount of paid sick leave and paid parental leave. > > The stimulus gives us a great chance to catch up with the rest of the > world. The government could make up the pay for two years for any paid > cutback in hours, up to 10 percent of total hours worked in a year and > $3,000 per worker. This means that if a firm offered workers who > previously had no paid vacation five weeks of vacation a year, the > government would provide a tax credit to pick up the tab, up to $3,000 > per worker. Similarly, if they extended 10 days of paid sick leave, > the government would provide a tax credit for the amount actually > used. If employers of 70 million workers (half of the labor force) > received an average tax break of $2,500, the cost would be $170 > billion a year. > > > > -- > Sandwichman > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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