Here is an excerpt:
In previous action late Thursday, Pawlenty vetoed a bill that would allow workers to use their sick leave to care for immediate relatives. Pawlenty called such a proposal "an unfunded mandate" on hard-pressed local governments.
The law currently allows workers to use their sick leave to care for ill or injured children. The bill he vetoed would have expanded that to allow use of sick leave for adult children, spouses, siblings, parents and stepparents, and grandparents.
This is bizarre. Because some employers provide one or two days of "personal" time, sick leave should be unavailable to everybody to take care of their elderly parents or adult children (who usually have a serious illness. It's cruel. But, also it's extremely sad that this story is limited to three paragraphs on the inside of the metro section. I guess the story of the middle-aged women dancing at a bar took priority.
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