Green Candidate Supports Sick Days Statute to go before General Assembly

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January 4, 2008-Press Release

Candidate Website:  http://votespisak.tripod.com

Green Candidate Spisak excited that the Paid Sick Leave Statute Qualifies for the Ohio General Assembly Consideration.

Green Candidate for State Representative-60th District, Dennis Spisak was excited to learn today that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced  that the Ohioans for Healthy Families Coalition has submitted more than enough valid signatures to send the Ohio Healthy Families Act to the Ohio General Assembly! 

The Coalition needed 120,683 valid signatures state-wide, and specific numbers of signatures had to be gathered in at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties.  On December 11th, petitions were submitted to Jennifer Brunner, the state's chief elections officer, who then sent them to County Boards of Elections for verification.  Today, Brunner certified 154,693 signatures as valid, and said that the requisite number of signatures were obtained in 65 counties, both of which far exceeded the numbers needed to send the proposed legislation to the General Assembly.   

"I am very excited to see this act come before the Ohio General Assembly.", said Spisak. " It is long overdo. If elected to the Ohio House, I will do everything in my effort to see that working Ohioians can receive sick days to help their family members when they become ill."

The Ohio Healthy Families Act is a proposed new state law that would make our state one of the most family-friendly in the nation. The Act would require businesses with 25 or more workers to allow full-time employees to earn 7 paid sick days per year. Part-time workers could earn a smaller, pro-rated number of paid sick days depending on the number of hours they work.

The Healthy Families Act would ensure middle-class workers—the backbone of Ohio's economy—have the opportunity to earn paid sick days. Full-time workers would earn 7 days a year and part-time workers would earn a pro-rated amount, based on the number of hours worked.

For more information, visit the web-site   http://www.sickdaysohio.org/