NFIB’s Texas State Director Annie Spilman warns ordinance will lead to layoffs across Texas.
On July 24, a district judge in Texas approved to delay the implementation of San Antonio’s paid sick leave ordinance. Rather than going into effect Aug. 1, the ordinance will go into effect Dec. 1.
Versions of the ordinance have also been approved in Austin and Dallas and require businesses with more than 15 employees to allow workers to accrue 64 hours of paid sick leave per year; businesses with fewer than 15 workers, the amount would be capped at 48 hours.
“I can tell you that the small business community in San Antonio is completely panicked right now,” said NFIB’s Texas State Director Annie Spilman in an interview with KTSA 107.1. If the law were to take effect as is, small business owners in San Antonio will inevitably experience employee layoffs.
“If they can’t afford this mandate, they are going to have to lay people off, or cut back hours, or cut back wages,” said Spilman.
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